Paper 3, Section II, H

Algebraic Topology
Part II, 2015

Let KK and LL be simplicial complexes. Explain what is meant by a simplicial approximation to a continuous map f:KLf:|K| \rightarrow|L|. State the simplicial approximation theorem, and define the homomorphism induced on homology by a continuous map between triangulable spaces. [You do not need to show that the homomorphism is welldefined.]

Let h:S1S1h: S^{1} \rightarrow S^{1} be given by zznz \mapsto z^{n} for a positive integer nn, where S1S^{1} is considered as the unit complex numbers. Compute the map induced by hh on homology.