Also called a chain map. Given two chain complexes and , a chain homomorphism is given by homomorphisms such that

where and are the boundary operators.

This entry contributed by Todd Rowland

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Rowland, Todd. "Chain Homomorphism." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ChainHomomorphism.html