chain complex

== English == === Noun === chain complex (plural chain complexes) (algebraic topology) A sequence of Abelian groups (or modules), together with a sequence of homomorphisms (called boundary homomorphisms) between consecutive groups, such that the image of one homomorphism is contained in the kernel of the next. ==== Hyponyms ==== exact sequence ==== Meronyms ==== boundary homomorphism chain group ==== Translations ====