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Eilenberg steenrod uniqueness on finite dimensional cw pairs
Statement
For ordinary homology theories and a specified isomorphism , there is a unique boundary-compatible natural equivalence on finite-dimensional CW pairs normalized by . Infinitely many cells in bounded dimensions are allowed.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The objects and hypotheses in the statement above.
For ordinary homology theories and a specified isomorphism , there is a unique natural equivalence on finite CW pairs normalized by and commuting with connecting homomorphisms. (Coefficient comparison on finite cw pairs)
For a finite-dimensional CW pair and ordinary , the canonical map is an isomorphism for every integer . (Finite dimensional axiomatic homology has finite subcomplex support)
Let be an existing morphism of ordinary theories, natural on CW pairs and commuting with connecting maps. For a CW skeleton stage , if and are isomorphisms for every , then is an isomorphism for every . (A comparison isomorphism propagates over one skeleton stage)
Proof
F1 constructs the normalized comparison on every finite CW pair and makes it natural for inclusions of finite subcomplex pairs. By F2, take the colimit of these maps over all finite to define an isomorphism on a finite-dimensional pair . Its inverse is the colimit of the inverse comparisons.
Every finite is compact, so a continuous map carries into a finite subcomplex by compact-cell support as used in F2. The restricted map is a map of finite pairs. Naturality there, followed by the two colimit maps, gives naturality on the class represented in . Every class has such a representative, proving naturality for all continuous maps.
The boundary of a class supported on is supported on , and F1 makes the boundary square commute on that finite pair. Therefore it commutes on the colimit. Any other normalized natural morphism agrees on every finite pair by F1, and hence on every class by F2. At a point its component remains . The one-stage five-lemma principle F3 also propagates invertibility of this already constructed morphism through each finite skeletal stage; it is not needed to invent the comparison maps.
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Sources
- May, A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology, 15§2, pp.119–120 (standard reference, not scraped)