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For a cohomology theory E with cohomology groups E(X) the reduced cohomology of E for pointed topological spaces X is on X the kernel

E red(X):=ker(E(*X):E(X)E(*))E_{red}(X) := ker\left(E({*} \to X) : E(X) \to E(*)\right)

of the map E(X)E(*) induced from the point inclusion *X.

Revised on October 23, 2012 20:20:44 by Urs Schreiber (131.174.191.164)