So the cup product is not well defined over co-chain groups, but all the books claim it is well defined over co-homology groups. The only thing I am not clear on is invariance under ordering/re-ordering of simplices when we go to the co-homology level. Every book seems to gloss over this, and after doing a few examples, I can't seem to figure out how to get this to work out right. Can someone fill me in?
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0How is the cup product "not well defined over cochain groups"? – 2011-03-14