Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2009/ii/paper-3/20g/i/solution

A chain homotopy from to consists of homomorphisms such that
for every . If is a cycle, , so is a boundary. Hence and represent the same homology class. Every homology class has a cycle representative, proving in every degree.

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