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Simplicial Homology and De Rham's Theorem

Jesse Thorner

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After giving the necessary background in simplicial homology and cohomology, we will state Stokes's theorem and show that integration of di erential forms on a smooth, triangulable manifold M provides us with a homomorphism from the De Rham cohomology of M to the simplicial cohomology of M. De Rham's theorem, which claims that this homomorphism is in fact an isomorphism, will then be stated and proved.

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After giving the necessary background in simplicial homology and cohomology, we will state Stokes's theorem and show that integration of di erential forms on a smooth, triangulable manifold M provides us with a homomorphism from the De Rham cohomology of M to the simplicial cohomology of M. De Rham's theorem, which claims that this homomorphism is in fact an isomorphism, will then be stated and proved.

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After giving the necessary background in simplicial homology and cohomology, we will state Stokes's theorem and show that integration of di erential forms on a smooth, triangulable manifold M provides us with a homomorphism from the De Rham cohomology of M to the simplicial cohomology of M. De Rham's theorem, which claims that this homomorphism is in fact an isomorphism, will then be stated and proved.

Key concepts: Chern–Weil homomorphism, Mathematics, Cyclic homology, De Rham cohomology, Homomorphism, Pure mathematics, Cohomology, Homology (biology)

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