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I'm currently trying to learn Singular Homology from Munkres' book- "Elements of Algebraic Topology" . On page 173, theorem 30.7 appears: " If $f,g:(X,A) \to (Y,B) $ are homotopic, then $f _ * = g_* $ "

The author finishes the proof by showing that $ \partial D = f_\#-g_\#- D \partial$

Can someone explain me why it finishes the proof?

Thanks in advance !

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    Use that equality to show by hand that the maps induced on homology are the sameones: pick a relative cycle on their domain, and show that the images under $f$ and $g$ differ by a boundary.2012-03-02

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