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\section*{Steenrod homology}

\hypertarget{idea}{}\subsection*{{Idea}}\label{idea}

Steenrod Homology of a [[metric space|metric]] (or [[uniform space|uniform]], or [[Hausdorff space|Hausdorff]], or \ldots{}) space measures separations/holes by asking which \emph{discrete} or \emph{approximate} simplices can be filled-in to arbitrary fineness.

\hypertarget{notation}{}\subsubsection*{{Notation}}\label{notation}

The dimension-$p$ simplices of a simplicial complex $K$ will be noted $K_p$. And, today, I feel like writing $A \ll X$ to say that $A$ is a compact subspace of $X$.

\hypertarget{the_definition}{}\subsection*{{The Definition}}\label{the_definition}

Given a metric space $(X,d)$, define the category $Reg (X,d)$, ``of regular complexes'', with objects pairs $(K,f)$ where

\begin{itemize}%
\item $K$ is a locally-finite simplicial complex
\item $f : K_0 \to X$ satisfies $limsup_{e:K_1} d( \partial_0 e, \partial_1 e) = 0$

\end{itemize}
and with morphisms from $(K,f)$ to $(L,g)$ being the inclusions of subcomplexes $h : K \to L$ making $g$ an extension of $f$:

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Reg_d((K,f),(L,g)) = \{ h : hom(K,L) | f = g \circ h \}
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Note that $Reg_d$ has finite pushouts.

The condition that $K$ be locally-finite means that arbitrary formal sums $\sum g_x x$ of $p$-simplices $x\in K_p$ have a well-defined boundary in the usual way:

\begin{displaymath}
\partial \sum g_x x = \sum (-1)^j g_x \partial_j x
\end{displaymath}
mentions a given simplex only finitely-many times. Taking $g_x\in G$, for any abelian group $G$, this gives a functor $C_* : Reg(X,d) \to Ch$, valued in chain complexes.

\textbf{Definition} : \emph{The Steenrod Homology $H_p(X,d)$ is the homology of the chain complex $\colim_{K,f} C_*$ in degree $p+1$.}

In pieces, this means that a Steenrod $p$-cycle may be represented by a 3ple $(K,f,\varphi)$ of a locally-finite complex $K$, a $K_1$-regular map $K_0 \to X$, and a formal sum $\varphi$ of simplices of dimension $p+1$ of $K$ with $\partial \varphi = 0$. The group operations may as well be represented in terms of the chains $\varphi$ for a single $K$ and $f$.

\hypertarget{historical_note}{}\subsubsection*{{Historical note}}\label{historical_note}

what we have just called $H_p$, Steenrod himself notated $H^{p+1}$. It was early days yet.

\hypertarget{pairing_with_alexanderspanier_cohomology}{}\subsection*{{Pairing with Alexander-Spanier Cohomology}}\label{pairing_with_alexanderspanier_cohomology}

A compactly-supported Alexander-Spanier Cocycle is a (compactly-supported) cochain $\chi : X^{p+1} \to G$ whose derivation $d \chi$ vanishes on tuples that are \emph{small enough}. For such a cochain, the sums

\begin{displaymath}
\varphi \frown \chi = \sum_{x :K_{p+1}} n_x (d\chi)(x) = \sum_x n_x \chi(\partial x)
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are finite sums, and vanish for both coboundaries $\chi = d\omega$ and for boundaries $x = \partial y$ (because $d d = \partial \partial = 0$. Thus the pairings descend to

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H_p( X,d ;\mathbb{Z}) \otimes H_c^p( X , G ) \to G
\end{displaymath}
and all the reasonable variations you might consider.

\hypertarget{continuities}{}\subsection*{{Continuities}}\label{continuities}

\hypertarget{colimits}{}\subsubsection*{{Colimits}}\label{colimits}

Given a set $\{ X_i \}$ of metric spaces, their disjoint union can be given a metric in which separate summands are all distance $1$ from eachother. This metric has $Reg( * \sqcup \coprod X_i) = colim Reg(* \sqcup X_i)$ and therefore also

\begin{displaymath}
H_p(* \sqcup \coprod X_i) \simeq \bigoplus H_p( * \sqcup X_i )
\end{displaymath}
While $limsup d(\partial_0 x,\partial_1 x) = 0$ is a \emph{topological} condition on \emph{compact} metric spaces, it definitely is not so on noncompact spaces. For this reason, one frequently considers the compactly-supported (compactly-generated?) homology as well,

\begin{displaymath}
{}_c H_p(X) = \colim_{A \ll X } H_p(A) .
\end{displaymath}
\hypertarget{limits}{}\subsubsection*{{Limits}}\label{limits}

Let $\dots \to X_{i+1} \to X_i \to \dots$ be a tower of \emph{compact} metric spaces; in generous versions of Set-Theory, its limit is again a \emph{compact} metric space. In contrast to $colim$, one can reasonably say $Reg(lim_i X_i) = lim_i Reg(X_i)$; and moreover, since the morphisms of $Reg(X_i)$ are \emph{inclusions of subcomplexes}, it follows that

\begin{displaymath}
\colim_{Reg(lim X)} C_* \simeq lim_i \colim_{Reg(X_i)} C_*
\end{displaymath}
the usual Abstract Nonsense relating to the [[Milnor sequence]], then gives short exact sequences

\begin{displaymath}
0 \to lim_i^1 H_{p+1}(X_i) \to H_p (lim X) \to lim_i H_p( X_i ) \to 0
\end{displaymath}
\hypertarget{related_entries}{}\subsection*{{Related entries}}\label{related_entries}

\begin{itemize}%
\item [[Steenrod-Sitnikov homology]]

\end{itemize}
\hypertarget{references}{}\subsection*{{References}}\label{references}

\begin{itemize}%
\item N. E. [[Steenrod]], Regular Cycles of Compact Metric Spaces, Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Oct., 1940), pp. 833-851 \href{https://www.jstor.org/stable/1968863}{JSTOR}


\item [[John Milnor]], \emph{On axiomatic homology theory}, Pacific J. Math. Volume 12, Number 1 (1962), 337-341 (\href{http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pjm/1103036730}{Euclid})



\end{itemize}


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