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<journal-id>0034-7426</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></journal-title>
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<issn>0034-7426</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia y Sociedad Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[CW-complexes with duality]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[CW-complejos con dualidad]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[KHELDOUNI]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[ABDELAZIZ]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Mohammed Ben Abdellah University Faculty of Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Fez ]]></addr-line>
<country>Morocco</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>15</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<day>15</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<volume>41</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>15</fpage>
<lpage>21</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-74262007000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-74262007000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-74262007000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[It is the aim of this paper to provide an elementary definition of CW-complexes with duality and envisage some problems of gluing and cutting.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[El propósito de este artículo es suministrar una definición elemental de CW-complejos con dualidad y prever algunos problemas de pegado y cortado.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Poincaré duality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[homotopy-equivalence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[simple-homotopy equivalence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Dualidad de Poincaré]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[equivalencia homotópica]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[   <font face="verdana" size="2">      <p><b><font size="4">    <center>CW-complexes with duality</center></font> </b></p>      <p><b><font size="3">    <center>CW-complejos con dualidad</center></font> </b></p>      <p>    <center>ABDELAZIZ KHELDOUNI<sup>1</sup></center></p>      <p> <sup>1</sup>Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Faculty of Sciences, B. P. 1796 Fez, Morocco.    <br>  E-mail: <a href="mailto:akheldouni@yahoo.fr">akheldouni@yahoo.fr</a>    <br> </p>  <hr>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p><b>    <center>Abstract</center></b></p>      <p align="justify"> It is the aim of this paper to provide an elementary definition of CW-complexes with duality and envisage some problems of gluing and cutting. </p>      <p><b>Key words:</b> Poincaré duality, homotopy-equivalence, simple-homotopy equivalence.</p>  <hr>  <i>2000 Mathematics Subject Classification.</i> Primary: 55Q05.  <hr>      <p><b>    <center>Resumen</center></b></p>      <p align="justify"> El propósito de este artículo es suministrar una definición elemental de CW-complejos con dualidad y prever algunos problemas de pegado y cortado. </p>      <p><b>Palabras clave:</b> Dualidad de Poincaré, equivalencia homotópica, equivalencia homotópica simple.</p>  <hr>      <p>Texto completo disponible en <a href="pdf/rcm/v41n1/v41n1a02.pdf">PDF</a></p>  <hr>      <p><b>    ]]></body>
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