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In mathematics, combinatorial topology was an older name for algebraic topology, dating from the time when topological invariants of spaces (for example the Betti numbers) were regarded as derived from combinatorial decompositions of spaces, such as decomposition into simplicial complexes . After the proof of the simplicial approximation theorem this approach provided rigour. The change of name reflected the move to organise topological classes such as cycles modulo boundaries explicitly into abelian groups. This point of view is often attributed to Emmy Noether,〔For example (''L'émergence de la notion de groupe d'homologie'', Nicolas Basbois (PDF) ), note 41, explicitly names Noether as inventing the homology group.〕 and so the change of title may reflect her influence. The transition is also attributed to the work of Heinz Hopf,〔(Chronomaths ), .〕 who was influenced by Noether, and to Leopold Vietoris and Walther Mayer, who independently defined homology.〔Hirzebruch, Friedrich, "Emmy Noether and Topology" in .〕 A fairly precise date can be supplied in the internal notes of the Bourbaki group. While topology was still ''combinatorial'' in 1942, it had become ''algebraic'' by 1944.〔(''Bourbaki and Algebraic Topology'' by John McCleary (PDF) ) gives documentation (translated into English from French originals).〕 Rosenfeld (1973) proposed digital topology for a type of image processing that can be considered as a new development of combinatorial topology. The digital forms of Euler characteristic theorem and Gauss–Bonnet theorem were obtained by Chen et al. (See digital topology.) In history, a 2D grid cell topology had appeared in Alexandrov-Hopf's book Topologie I (1935). ==See also== *Topological combinatorics *Topological graph theory 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Combinatorial topology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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