Finite simplicial complexes provide a general class of spaces that is sufficient for most purposes of basic algebraic topology. There are more general classes of spaces, in particular the finite CW complexes, that are more central to the modern development of the subject, but they give exactly the same collection of homotopy types. The relevant background on simplicial complexes will be recalle...

The purpose of this paper is to describe the topology of the space of strictly stable representations of a quiver with fixed dimension vector, where stability is defined with respect to a given parameter (which may be generic or non-generic). The main result is that the homotopy groups of this space are trivial up to a certain dimension, which depends on the quiver, the choice of dimension vect...

The aim of this paper is to give an overview of some of the existing homology theories for commutative (S-)algebras. We do not claim any originality; nor do we pretend to give a complete account. But the results in that field are widely spread in the literature, so for someone who does not actually work in that subject, it can be difficult to trace all the relationships between the different ho...

By studying the braid group action on Milnor’s construction of the 1-sphere, we show that the general higher homotopy group of the 3-sphere is the fixed set of the pure braid group action on certain combinatorially described group.

Let N and P be smooth closed manifolds of dimensions n and p respectively. Given a Thom-Boardman symbol I, a smooth map f : N → P is called an Ω -regular map if and only if the Thom-Boardman symbol of each singular point of f is not greater than I in the lexicographic order. We will represent the group of all cobordism classes of Ω -regular maps of n-dimensional closed manifolds into P in terms...