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词条 Adjunction space
释义

  1. Examples

  2. Categorical description

  3. See also

  4. References

In mathematics, an adjunction space (or attaching space) is a common construction in topology where one topological space is attached or "glued" onto another. Specifically, let X and Y be topological spaces with A a subspace of Y. Let f : AX be a continuous map (called the attaching map). One forms the adjunction space Xf Y by taking the disjoint union of X and Y and identifying y with f(y) for all y in A. Formally,

Sometimes, the adjunction is written as . Intuitively, one may think of Y as being glued onto X via the map f.

As a set, Xf Y consists of the disjoint union of X and (YA). The topology, however, is specified by the quotient construction. In the case where A is a closed subspace of Y one can show that the map XXf Y is a closed embedding and (YA) → Xf Y is an open embedding.

Examples

  • A common example of an adjunction space is given when Y is a closed n-ball (or cell) and A is the boundary of the ball, the (n−1)-sphere. Inductively attaching cells along their spherical boundaries to this space results in an example of a CW complex.
  • Adjunction spaces are also used to define connected sums of manifolds. Here, one first removes open balls from X and Y before attaching the boundaries of the removed balls along an attaching map.
  • If A is a space with one point then the adjunction is the wedge sum of X and Y.
  • If X is a space with one point then the adjunction is the quotient Y/A.

Categorical description

The attaching construction is an example of a pushout in the category of topological spaces. That is to say, the adjunction space is universal with respect to following commutative diagram:

Here i is the inclusion map and φX, φY are the maps obtained by composing the quotient map with the canonical injections into the disjoint union of X and Y. One can form a more general pushout by replacing i with an arbitrary continuous map g — the construction is similar. Conversely, if f is also an inclusion the attaching construction is to simply glue X and Y together along their common subspace.

See also

  • Quotient space
  • Mapping cylinder

References

  • Stephen Willard, General Topology, (1970) Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading Massachusetts. (Provides a very brief introduction.)
  • {{planetmath reference|id=3992|title=Adjunction space}}
  • Ronald Brown, "Topology and Groupoids" pdf available, (2006) available from amazon sites. Discusses the homotopy type of adjunction spaces, and uses adjunction spaces as an introduction to (finite) cell complexes.

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