Paper 3, Section II, G

Algebraic Topology
Part II, 2013

(i) State, but do not prove, the Mayer-Vietoris theorem for the homology groups of polyhedra.

(ii) Calculate the homology groups of the nn-sphere, for every n0n \geqslant 0.

(iii) Suppose that a1a \geqslant 1 and b0b \geqslant 0. Calculate the homology groups of the subspace XX of Ra+b\mathbb{R}^{a+b} defined by i=1axi2j=a+1a+bxj2=1\sum_{i=1}^{a} x_{i}^{2}-\sum_{j=a+1}^{a+b} x_{j}^{2}=1.