Algebraic and Topological Background Material
摘要
In this chapter, we collect background material that is necessary for the more technical parts of the book. This includes both definitions and fundamental results. We begin with a discussion of relations and partial orders, before moving on to topological spaces. The following two sections are more algebraic in nature, as they address modules, chain complexes, and homology. Finally, the last section is concerned with a detailed survey of Lefschetz complexes.