Compactly supported cohomology
= Compactly supported cohomology
{title2=$H_c^*(X)$}
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Compactly supported cohomology is the cohomology of cochains vanishing outside a compact subset. Equivalently,
$$
H_c^*(X)\cong\varinjlim_{K\subseteq X\text{ compact}}H^*(X,X\setminus K).
$$