Let R be a Noetherian
commutative ring with dimR = d and let l be an ideal of R. For an integer n such
that 2n ≥ d + 3, we define a relative Euler class group En(R,l;R). Using this group,
in analogy to homology sequence of the K0-group, we construct an exact
sequence
called the homology sequence of the Euler class group. The excision theorem in
K-theory has a corresponding theorem for the Euler class group. An application is
that for polynomial and Laurent polynomial rings, we get short split exact
sequences