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The weighted projective space \( {\mathbb{P}}(q_{0},\dots, q_{n})\) is defined. A cellular decomposition of \( {\mathbb{P}}(q_{0},\dots,q_{n})\) is then written down and the degree of the map \(\phi : {\mathbb{P}}(1,\dots, 1)\to {\mathbb{P}}(q_{0}, \dots, q_n)\), where \(\phi (x_{0},\dots ,x_{n}) = (x_{0}^{q_{0}},\dots ,x_{n}^{q_{n}})\), is found to be \((\prod_{0}^{n}q_{i})/d\) where \(d = \text{gcd}(q_{0}, \dots ,q_{n})\). The author shows that \[ H^{i}({\mathbb{P}}(q_{0}, \dots , q_{n})) = \begin{cases} {\mathbb{Z}}& \text{ if } i = 2r,\;0\leq r< n \\ 0 & \text{ if } i \text{ is odd or } i > 2n .\end{cases} \] The morphism \(\phi^{*}: H^*(\widetilde{\mathbb{P}}, \mathbb{Z})\to H^*(\mathbb{P}^n,\mathbb{Z})\) induced by \(\phi\) is computed. The author gives parallel developments for schemes and for a complex vector bundle \(\pi : E\to X\) of constant rank with \(X\) compact. In this last situation some modified Chern classes are introduced. The paper is largely self-contained. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0871.00035].