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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 17 1 a Solution by
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Label the six vertices clockwise, starting at the upper-left vertex. The arrows identify with , with , and with , preserving the indicated directions. Consequently the quotient space has exactly two vertices,Orient its three topological cells by , , and . The clockwise boundary of the hexagonal topological cell traversesEvery topological cell of dimension one therefore occurs once with each sign. The cellular chain complex, with integral coefficients, isHere the rows correspond to . The image of is the primitive subgroup generated by , and its kernel is freely generated by and . Thus the homology groups areThe two vertex classes are important: identifying all six vertices would give an incorrect cellular chain complex. The result agrees with the homology of a torus.
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