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Homology and Homotopy Decomposition of Simply Connected Spaces

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Homotopy Theory and Models

Part of the book series: DMV Seminar ((OWS,volume 24))

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In this chapter we show that each simply connected homotopy type can be represented either by a “homology decomposition” or by a “homotopy decomposition” (the latter is more commonly known as a Postnikov decomposition or a Postnikov “tower”).

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Aubry, M. (1995). Homology and Homotopy Decomposition of Simply Connected Spaces. In: Homotopy Theory and Models. DMV Seminar, vol 24. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9086-1_2

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9086-1_2

  • Publisher Name: Birkhäuser Basel

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