branch in topology: The piecewise linear topology (short PL-topology). The Hauptvermutung (German for main conjecture) states that two triangulations always...
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Euclidean spaces into simplices Triangulation (topology), generalizations to topological spaces other than Rd Point-set triangulation, division of the convex...
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Algorithmic topology, or computational topology, is a subfield of topology with an overlap with areas of computer science, in particular, computational...
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complexes (that are not necessarily simplicial). There is an unshellable triangulation of the tetrahedron. Björner, Anders (1984). "Some combinatorial and...
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Simplicial complex (category Triangulation (geometry))
one of its vertices. Pure simplicial complexes can be thought of as triangulations and provide a definition of polytopes. A facet is a maximal simplex...
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Basener, William F. (2006-10-20). Topology and Its Applications. Wiley. pp. 3–14. ISBN 978-0-471-68755-9. Weisstein, Eric W. "Triangulation". MathWorld....
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This is a list of algebraic topology topics. Simplex Simplicial complex Polytope Triangulation Barycentric subdivision Simplicial approximation theorem...
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Piecewise linear manifold (category Geometric topology)
PL-sphere. See Triangulation (topology) § Piecewise linear structures for details. Lurie, Jacob (February 13, 2009), Whitehead Triangulations (Lecture 3)...
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Barycentric subdivision (category Triangulation (geometry))
important tool in algebraic topology. The barycentric subdivision is an operation on simplicial complexes. In algebraic topology it is sometimes useful to...
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Manifold (redirect from Manifold (topology))
working knowledge of calculus and topology. After a line, a circle is the simplest example of a topological manifold. Topology ignores bending, so a small piece...
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Sperner's lemma (category Triangulation (geometry))
mathematics, Sperner's lemma is a combinatorial result on colorings of triangulations, analogous to the Brouwer fixed point theorem, which is equivalent to...
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Locally constant function Trivial topology Cofinite topology Cocountable topology Finer topology Product topology Restricted product Quotient space Unit...
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universal 5-manifold with respect to simplicial triangulations". Geometric Topology (Proceedings Georgia Topology Conference, Athens Georgia, 1977). New York-London:...
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Triangle mesh (category Triangulation (geometry))
rational B-spline Point cloud Polygon mesh Triangulation (topology) Triangulation (geometry) Delaunay triangulation Triangulated irregular network v t e...
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Orientability (redirect from Orientation (topology))
having a triangulation. However, some 4-manifolds do not have a triangulation, and in general for n > 4 some n-manifolds have triangulations that are...
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of this term in mathematics, and so the concept can refer to a triangulation in topology, or a piecewise linear manifold, or one of several different functors...
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Double suspension theorem (category Geometric topology)
S2X (with a triangulation derived by applying the double suspension operation to a triangulation of X) is an example of a triangulation of a topological...
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properties and concepts in algebraic topology in mathematics. See also: glossary of topology, list of algebraic topology topics, glossary of category theory...
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3-manifold (redirect from 3-dimensional topology)
3-manifold theory is considered a part of low-dimensional topology or geometric topology. A key idea in the theory is to study a 3-manifold by considering...
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Möbius strip (category Topology)
of a regular octahedron, with a triangular boundary. Every abstract triangulation of the projective plane can be embedded into 3D as a polyhedral Möbius...
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JTS Topology Suite (Java Topology Suite) is an open-source Java software library that provides an object model for Euclidean planar linear geometry together...
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Moise's theorem (redirect from Moise triangulation theorem)
In geometric topology, a branch of mathematics, Moise's theorem, proved by Edwin E. Moise in Moise (1952), states that any topological 3-manifold has an...
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Robion Kirby (redirect from Problems in low-dimensional topology)
University of California, Berkeley who specializes in low-dimensional topology. Together with Laurent C. Siebenmann he developed the Kirby–Siebenmann...
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SnapPea (category Computational topology)
of simplifications to find a locally minimal ideal triangulation. Once a suitable ideal triangulation is found, SnapPea can try to find a hyperbolic structure...
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Hauptvermutung (category Geometric topology)
The Hauptvermutung of geometric topology is a now refuted conjecture asking whether any two triangulations of a triangulable space have subdivisions that...
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differential topology. The following three glossaries are closely related: Glossary of general topology Glossary of algebraic topology Glossary of Riemannian...
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Tucker's lemma (category Topology)
of the Borsuk–Ulam theorem, named after Albert W. Tucker. Let T be a triangulation of the closed n-dimensional ball B n {\displaystyle B_{n}} . Assume...
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normal surfaces. In an almost normal surface, one tetrahedron in the triangulation has a single exceptional piece. This is either an octagon that separates...
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mathematician, working in gauge theory, symplectic geometry, and low-dimensional topology. He is currently a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Manolescu...
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to preserve the topology of the trilinear interpolant. In his work, Chernyaev extends to 33 the number of cases in the triangulation lookup table. He...
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