Prove that $$\tilde{H_n}(X*Y) \cong H_{n-1}(X \times Y/X \vee Y)$$
Firstly, I set $$A=X \times Y \times [0,1) / (x,y_0,0) \sim (x,y_1,0) $$ $$B=X \times Y \times (0,1] / (x_0,y,1) \sim (x_1,y,1) $$ Where $A$ deformation retracts to $X$ and $B$ deformation retracts to $Y$.
Then I use MV-sequence to get a LES.
But I'm not sure how to prove this SES splits. $$ 0 \to H_{n+1}(X * Y) \to H_n(A \cap B) \to H_n(A) \oplus H_n(B) \to 0 $$
My guess about the map $H_n(A) \oplus H_n(B) \to H_n(A \cap B)$ is: $f:(a,b) \to (p_x a, -p_y b)$ for $a \in C_n(A)$ and $b \in C_n(B)$.