Boundary Operator

Each of the maps in a chain complex

...->C_(i+1)->^(d_(i+1))C_i->^(d_i)C_(i-1)->...

is known as a boundary operator.

See also

Chain Complex, Coboundary Operator

This entry contributed by Margherita Barile

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