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homological algebra

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(mathematics)
The study of the structure of modules, particularly by means of exact sequences; it has application to the study of a topological space via its homology groups.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Sven, who joined Teesside University in 2018, will be focusing on the 'hearts of karoubian categories', a project covering the areas of homological algebra and functional analysis.
The lectures cover randomized numerical linear algebra, optimization algorithms for data analysis, introductory stochastic optimization, randomized methods for matrix computations, probabilistic methods for data science, and homological algebra and data.
Stammbach, A Course in Homological Algebra, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 1971.
Some notions of homological algebra should be recalled from [3, 13], in order to formulate the next result.
He assumes students are familiar with homological algebra, algebraic topology based on different forms, and de Rham cohomology.
We present here a synopsis of the results together with applications of this beautiful interplay between combinatorial topology and homological algebra.
This two-volume research monograph on the general Lagrangian Floer theory and the accompanying homological algebra of filtered $A_\infty$-algebras provides the most important step towards a rigorous foundation of the Fukaya category in general context.
For example, set theory was invented in order to help in analysing the convergence behaviour of Fourier series; homological algebra was invented in order to serve algebraic topology, and category theory was first developed with the view of applying it in homological algebra (as well as algebraic topology and algebraic geometry).