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CW skeleta are closed and cells form a disjoint partition

Statement

For a CW complex $X$ , every skeleton $X^{n}$ is closed, and $X^{n} ∖ X^{n - 1}$ is the disjoint union of the open $n$ -cells.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A CW complex and its skeleta as in Skeleta, CW subcomplexes, and relative CW complexes.

Proof

technique · direct

1.1given

Let $χ_{e} : D^{m} \to X$ be the characteristic map of an $m$ -cell. If $m \leq n$ , then $χ_{e}^{- 1} (X^{n}) = D^{m}$ . If $m > n$ , this inverse image lies in $S^{m - 1}$ and equals the inverse image there of the already closed lower skeleton $X^{n} \subseteq X^{m - 1}$ ; induction on $m$ makes it closed in $S^{m - 1}$ and hence in $D^{m}$ . The weak-topology clause now makes $X^{n}$ closed in $X$ .

2.1step 1.1∎

The open-cell interiors are disjoint by the cellular partition, and The interior of an attached cell embeds openly in its closure identifies precisely the new interior points after $X^{n - 1}$ . This gives the asserted difference.

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Sources

Allen Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Chapter 0 (standard reference, not scraped)