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In a broad sense, the same as a homology group; in a narrow sense, the Betti group is the free part of the homology group with as domain of coefficients the group $\ZZ$ of integers, if this homology group is finitely generated. Named after E. Betti (1823–1892).

References

[1] H. Seifert, W. Threlfall, "A textbook of topology" , Acad. Press (1980) (Translated from German)
[2] P.S. Aleksandrov, "An introduction to homological dimension theory and general combinatorial topology" , Moscow (1975) (In Russian)
[a1] E.H. Spanier, "Algebraic topology" , McGraw-Hill (1966)
How to Cite This Entry:
Betti group. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Betti_group&oldid=53770
This article was adapted from an original article by M.I. Voitsekhovskii (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article