On the homology of locally compact spaces with ends (Q554423)

To some triples of spaces \((\hat X, X, A)\), where \(A\subseteq X\subseteq \hat X\), \(X\) is locally compact, \(A\) is closed in \(X\), and \(\hat X\) is a Hausdorff compactification of \(X\), this paper associates a sequence of abelian groups, denoted \(H_n(X,A)\), for \(n\geq 0\). Moreover, for some continuous maps \(f: (\hat X, X, A)\to (\hat Y, Y, B)\) of triples for which the groups are defined, there are induced homomorphisms \(f_*: H_n(X,A)\to H_n(Y,B)\). The main results are: (1) If \(X\) is a locally finite, connected graph and \(\hat X\) is its Freudenthal compactification, then \(H_1(X,\emptyset)\) is isomorphic to the ``cycle space'' of infinite graphs as introduced and developed by \textit{R. Diestel} [Graph theory. 3rd ed. Berlin: Springer (2010; Zbl 1218.05001)] and \textit{R. Diestel} and \textit{D. Kühn} [Combinatorica 24, No. 1, 69--89 (2004; Zbl 1063.05076)]. (2) The Eilenberg-Steenrod homology axioms hold for these groups and induced homomorphisms. For locally finite, connected graphs, the cycle spaces mentioned above have found many applications in infinite graph theory.