Pontryagin product

noun

A product on the homology of a topological space induced by a product on the topological space.

Meanings

nounPontryagin product (plural Pontryagin products)

plural Pontryagin products

  1. mathematicsA product on the homology of a topological space induced by a product on the topological space.

Origin

Introduced by Lev Pontryagin (1939).

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