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CW complex  

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  • A CW complex (also called cellular complex or cell complex) is a kind of a topological space that is particularly important in algebraic topology. It was introduced by J. H. C. Whitehead to meet the needs of homotopy theory. This class of spaces is broader and has some better categorical properties than simplicial complexes, but still retains a combinatorial nature that allows for computation (often with a much smaller complex). The C stands for "closure-finite", and the W for "weak" topology.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CW_complex)

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  • cell complex
  • cellular complex

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