CW complex

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A CW complex is assembled by attaching disks along their boundary spheres, dimension by dimension. Spheres and projective spaces illustrate how the attaching maps carry information beyond cell counts.

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Topological Space · Quotient Topology

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    Allen Hatcher · Book · English · Free full text

    Chapter 0, Cell Complexes, printed pp. 5–8, including Examples 0.3–0.4

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