http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/04/16/bulletin-of-the-ams-vol-43-no-2/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Fri, 29 May 2015 09:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/04/16/bulletin-of-the-ams-vol-43-no-2/#comment-547 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:58:35 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/04/16/bulletin-of-the-ams-vol-43-no-2/#comment-547 It might simply be that that was the way I learned it, but I always thought that it was pretty natural to start with simplicial, hit singular, and then finish up with cellular, all with an eye towards the idea that they are computing the same thing. It also mirrors the development of the subject.

]]> http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/04/16/bulletin-of-the-ams-vol-43-no-2/#comment-546 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:38:36 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/04/16/bulletin-of-the-ams-vol-43-no-2/#comment-546 Does the book discuss de Rham cohomology. I was surprised to find that there are now algorithms to compute de Rham cohomology as well.

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