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ANR to ENR, accent
Mark Grant
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Proposition 1.13 of these [notes][1] by Coste implies (if I've read it correctly) that any semialgebraic set $S$ is homeomorphic to a union $U$ of open simplices in some finite simplicial complex $K$.

Thus $S$ is an open subset of an ENR, hence is an ENR. Its singular cohomology therefore coincides with its Čech cohomology, which is finitely generated. Therefore its singular homology must be finitely generated. [1]: http://perso.univ-rennes1.fr/michel.coste/polyens/RASroot.pdf

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