diff --git a/properties/P000240.md b/properties/P000240.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4dd91a8b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/properties/P000240.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +uid: P000240 +name: CW complex +refs: + - zb: "1044.55001" + name: Algebraic Topology (Hatcher) + - zb: "0207.21704" + name: The Topology of CW Complexes (Lundell & Weingram) + - wikipedia: CW_complex + name: CW complex on Wikipedia +--- + +$X$ has a chain of subspaces $\empty = X_{-1}\subseteq X_0\subseteq X_1 \subseteq \dots$, such that: + +- $X_n$ is obtained from $X_{n-1}$ by attaching $n$-cells. +- $X = \bigcup_{n\geq 0} X_n$ and a subspace $U \subseteq X$ is open iff $U \cap X_n$ open in $X_n$ for all $n \geq -1$. + +Here *attaching $n$-cells* means that there is a discrete space $J$, and for every $j \in J$ a continuous map $f_j:\partial D^n \to X_{n-1}$, such that $X_n$ is homeomorphic to the quotient $(X_{n-1} \sqcup (J \times D^n)) /{\sim}$, +where $\sim$ is the equivalence relation generated by $(j,x) \sim f_j(x)$ for all $(j,x)\in J \times \partial D^n$. +The set $J$ is allowed to be empty, in which case $X_n=X_{n-1}$. +The $0$-skeleton $X_0$ has the discrete topology; if it is empty, $X$ itself is empty. + +Here $D^n$ is the closed unit disk in $\mathbb R^n$ and $\partial D^n=S^{n-1}$ is the unit sphere in $\mathbb R^n$. We set $\partial D^0=S^{-1}=\emptyset$ by convention. + +*Note*: A *CW-structure* on a topological space $X$ is a filtration $X_{-1}\subseteq X_0\subseteq X_1 \subseteq\dots$ satisfying the conditions above. +Strictly speaking, a *CW complex* is a space $X$ together with a compatible CW-structure. +For simplicity and by a slight abuse of language, we call the space itself a CW complex if it admits a CW structure. + +Defined on page 5 of {{zb:1044.55001}}, also given in Theorem II.2.4 of {{zb:0207.21704}}. +See also . + +---- +An equivalent definition can be given in terms of a decomposition of $X$ into cells and conditions on their associated characteristic maps. +For details and the meaning of this terminology, see Proposition A.2 on page 521 of {{zb:1044.55001}} or Definition II.1.1 in {{zb:0207.21704}}. + +---- +#### Meta-properties + +- This property is preserved by arbitrary disjoint unions. diff --git a/theorems/T000883.md b/theorems/T000883.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..91d6f0c1f --- /dev/null +++ b/theorems/T000883.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +uid: T000883 +if: + P000240: true +then: + P000067: true +refs: + - zb: "0207.21704" + name: The Topology of CW Complexes (Lundell, Weingram) +--- + +See Proposition II.4.3 in {{zb:0207.21704}}, where "perfectly normal" is defined as {P67}. diff --git a/theorems/T000884.md b/theorems/T000884.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7ae33cddb --- /dev/null +++ b/theorems/T000884.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +uid: T000884 +if: + P000240: true +then: + P000223: true +refs: + - zb: "1044.55001" + name: Algebraic Topology (Hatcher) +--- + +See Proposition A.4 in {{zb:1044.55001}}. diff --git a/theorems/T000885.md b/theorems/T000885.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ea8a01b98 --- /dev/null +++ b/theorems/T000885.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +uid: T000885 +if: + P000240: true +then: + P000030: true +refs: + - zb: "0837.55001" + name: Cellular structures in topology (Fritsch,Piccinini) +--- + +See Theorem 1.3.5 in {{zb:0837.55001}}. diff --git a/theorems/T000886.md b/theorems/T000886.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b94ebb25f --- /dev/null +++ b/theorems/T000886.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +--- +uid: T000886 +if: + P000240: true +then: + P000141: true +--- + +See Proposition 3.3 in .