Diffeological spaces are generalizations of smooth manifolds which include singular spaces and function spaces. For each diffeological space, Iglesias-Zemmour introduced a natural topology called the D-topology. However, the D-topology has not yet been studied seriously in the existing literature. In this paper, we…
The paper extends Stone duality to topological convexity spaces.
problem Understanding the relationship between topological convexity spaces and sup-lattices.
method Extending Stone duality to topological convexity spaces using preconvexity spaces.
result An adjunction between topological convexity spaces and sup-lattices.
Extends topological results for nonpositive curvature spaces.
problem Characterize and understand topological properties of BNPC spaces.
method Extends results from CAT(0) spaces to BNPC spaces, using links and geodesic bicombings.
result Locally BNPC topological manifolds have discrete singular sets and are homeomorphic to Euclidean space.
Study topological hyperbolicity of moduli spaces of elliptic surfaces.
problem Characterize the largeness of the topological fundamental group of complex varieties.
method Introduce topological hyperbolicity and provide supporting evidence for moduli spaces of elliptic surfaces.
result Establish a weak form of topological hyperbolicity for moduli spaces of elliptic surfaces of Kodaira dimension one.
Proves conjecture on graph configuration spaces' complexity.
problem Topological complexity of graph configuration spaces.
method Lower bound derived from insights into aspherical spaces.
result Proves Farber's conjecture on stable topological complexity.
Universal spaces for finite topological spaces simplify shape descriptions.
problem Describing shape properties of compact metric spaces.
method Inverse limits of finite spaces and Alexandroff extensions.
result Universal spaces simplify shape descriptions of compact metric spaces.
Paper introduces a complete metric topology for low energy spaces.
problem Defining a topology for low energy spaces with prescribed singularity.
method Introduces a completely metrizable topology stronger than capacity convergence.
result Low energy spaces have a natural completely metrizable topology.
Study identifies topologies of 3D spaces with boundary.
problem Understanding the topologies of compact Alexandrov spaces with boundary.
method Continuation of previous work, determining topologies through analysis.
result Identified topologies of collapsing 3D Alexandrov spaces with boundary.
Two-dimensional collapsed spaces with lower Ricci bounds are topological surfaces.
problem Topology of collapsed spaces with lower Ricci bounds
method Prove that collapsed spaces are topological surfaces
result Collapsed spaces are topological surfaces
Identifies submanifolds as topological spheres in hyperbolic space.
problem Characterizing submanifolds as topological spheres in hyperbolic space.
method Defines conditions on Ricci curvature and mean curvature vector length.
result Identifies submanifolds as topological spheres under given conditions.
We prove implicit function theorems for mappings on topological vector spaces over valued fields. In the real and complex cases, we obtain implicit function theorems for mappings from arbitrary (not necessarily locally convex) topological vector spaces to Banach spaces.
Stability of mapping spaces is shown to be related to the D-topology.
problem Understanding the relationship between stability and the D-topology of mapping spaces.
method Reformulation and proof of stability theorems in diffeological étale manifolds.
result Stable classes of mapping spaces are D-open.
Study string topology on symmetric spaces, showing non-triviality and nilpotency results.
problem Understanding the structure of string topology on symmetric spaces.
method Used cycles from Bott-Samelson and Ziller to study coproduct and product.
result Showed non-triviality and nilpotency of Chas-Sullivan product and coproduct for higher rank symmetric spaces.
The topological fundamental group π1top is a topological invariant that assigns to each space a quasi-topological group and is discrete on spaces which are well behaved locally. For a totally path-disconnected, Hausdorff, unbased space X, we compute the topological fundamental group of the "hoop earring" spac…
This paper classifies 13D manifolds based on Bazaikin spaces.
problem Classifying 13-dimensional manifolds based on Bazaikin spaces.
method Topological classification modelled on Aloff-Wallach spaces and Eschenburg spaces.
result Complete topological classification for 13D manifolds based on Bazaikin spaces.
Study numerical invariants under retraction maps between topological spaces.
problem Understand behavior of invariants like cohomological dimensions under retractions.
method Introduced a notion of retraction and studied several numerical invariants.
result Proved inequalities between invariants hold under retractions.
We introduce a notion of topological quandle. Given a topological quandle Q we associate to every classical link L in R3 an invariant JQ(L) which is a topological space (defined up to a homeomorphism). The space JQ(L) can be interpreted as a space of colourings of a diagram of the link L with colours f…
This work deals with the topological classification of germs of singular foliations on (C2,0). Working in a suitable class of foliations we fix the topological invariants given by the separatrix set, the Camacho-Sad indices and the projective holonomy representations and we compute the moduli space of topo…
New method estimates causal effects in complex spaces using topological structures.
problem Challenges in estimating causal effects in non-Euclidean spaces.
method Developed a topological causal inference framework using power-weighted silhouette functions of persistence diagrams.
result Successfully quantifies topological treatment effects across various complex outcomes.
No natural topological compactification for Fulton-MacPherson.
problem Compactification of configuration spaces on topological manifolds.
method Using recent work on configuration spaces and compactifications.
result Fulton-MacPherson compactification cannot be extended topologically.
Study on flat metrics on 3D and 4D manifolds, focusing on topology and algebra.
problem Topology and algebraic structure of flat metrics on manifolds.
method Algebraic and topological descriptions of moduli spaces.
result Algebraic description and topology of moduli spaces for 4D manifolds with a single holonomy generator.
We survey work on the topology of the space AH(M) of all (marked) hyperbolic 3-manifolds homotopy equivalent to a fixed compact 3-manifold M with boundary. The interior of AH(M) is quite well-understood, but the topology of the entire space can be quite complicated. However, the topology is well-behaved at many points …
CAT(0) spaces with small volume growth are homeomorphic to Euclidean space.
problem Characterizing CAT(0) spaces with specific volume growth properties.
method Analyzing asymptotic topological regularity and volume growth.
result CAT(0) spaces with small volume growth are homeomorphic to Euclidean space.
This paper introduces a new method for neural networks that doesn't need a global coordinate system.
problem The lack of a global coordinate system in neural networks limits their performance and explainability.
method Proposes a learnable topological layer that works in a general metric space (Hilbert space) without requiring a Euclidean space.
result The proposed method eliminates the need for a costly parametrization stage and achieves optimal network performance.
Constructing VAE Latent Spaces with Prescribed Topology
problem Resolving topological mismatch in VAEs for non-Euclidean data
method A constructive framework for product covering spaces
result Topology-aware latent representations with closed-form KL divergences
The paper explores conditions for topological rigidity in quotients of the Davis complex.
problem Understanding when quotients of the Davis complex are topologically rigid.
method Analyzing quotients of the Davis complex of right-angled Coxeter groups and conditions on defining graphs.
result Introduction of infinitely many infinite topologically rigid subclasses.
Study uses equivariant topology to measure distances between G metric spaces.
problem Measuring distances between G metric spaces.
method Equivariant topology methods to derive lower bounds.
result Sharp bounds on Gromov Hausdorff distance between spheres.
Ellipsoids approach Gaussian distribution in high dimensions.
problem Understanding convergence of high-dimensional ellipsoids to Gaussian spaces.
method Proof of convergence in Gromov's concentration topology.
result Solid ellipsoids converge to Gaussian space in high dimensions.
Free actions of finite groups on spheres give rise to topological spherical space forms. The existence and classification problems for space forms have a long history in the geometry and topology of manifolds. In this article, we present a survey of some of the main results and a guide to the literature.
We study three different topologies on the moduli space Hmloc of equivariant isometry classes of m-dimensional locally homogeneous Riemannian spaces. As an application, we provide the first examples of locally homogeneous spaces converging to a limit space in the pointed Ck,α-topolo…
Topology of non-orientable spaces without boundary is studied.
problem Topology of non-collapsed RCD spaces without boundary.
method Studied the stability of non-orientability and topology under Gromov-Hausdorff convergence.
result Non-orientable spaces without boundary have a stable ramified double cover.
The paper highlights issues in fixed point claims in digital topology.
problem Flaws in published assertions about fixed points in digital metric spaces.
method Continues a series of studies examining these flaws.
result Identifies and discusses problems in fixed point claims.
Proves planar graphs' configuration spaces have highest topological complexity.
problem Proving Farber's conjecture for planar graphs.
method Generic maximality argument for topological complexities.
result Generic maximality of topological complexities for planar graphs.
Study shows conditions for continuity of foliated homeomorphisms action on space of leaves.
problem Conditions for continuity of foliated homeomorphisms action on space of leaves.
method Investigated sufficient conditions for continuity of the homomorphism ψ: H(X, Δ) → H(Y) induced by the action of foliated homeomorphisms on the space of leaves.
result Similar results hold for a more general class of partitions of locally compact Hausdorff spaces.
The Chabauty space of a topological group is the set of its closed subgroups, endowed with a natural topology. As soon as n>2, the Chabauty space of Rn has a rather intricate topology and is not a manifold. By an investigation of its local structure, we fit it into a wider, but too wild, class of topological space…
We show how topology of a space may lead to tensor fields on (the smooth part of) moduli spaces of the fundamental group.
We present short proofs of all known topological properties of general Busemann G-spaces (at present no other property is known for dimensions more than four). We prove that all small metric spheres in locally G-homogeneous Busemann G-spaces are homeomorphic and strongly topologically homogeneous. This is a key r…
Study geometric flows with varying parameters and prove continuous dependence.
problem Continuous dependence of flows on parameters in geometric settings.
method Derived suitable topologies for vector fields and flows, proved new continuous dependence.
result Proved continuous dependence of flows on parameters in a general topological space.
Novel algorithm learns sparse signal representations over topological spaces.
problem Sparse representation of signals over combinatorial topological spaces.
method Leveraging Hodge theory, the paper embeds topology into a dictionary structure via concatenated sub-dictionaries, each as a polynomial of Hodge Laplacians, and optimizes the dictionary coefficients and sparse signal representation via iterative alternating algorithms.
result Efficiently learned sparse representations and underlying relational structure of topological signals.
Study new bounds on TC of spaces with subgroup inclusions.
problem Lower bounds on TC of spaces with subgroup inclusions.
method Generalizes TC results from aspherical spaces to spaces with subgroup inclusions.
result Establishes new lower bounds on sequential TCs of aspherical spaces.
Study index theory on Lie group homogeneous spaces using topological and analytic methods.
problem Index theory on homogeneous spaces of Lie groups.
method Topological and analytic approaches: Riemann-Roch formula and heat kernel methods.
result Local index formula representing higher indices of equivariant elliptic operators.
Galatius and Randal-Williams defined a topology on the set of closed submanifolds of Rn. Bökstedt and Madsen proved that a C1-version of this topology is metrizable by showing that it is regular and second countable. Using that the scanning map of a topological sheaf on manifolds is an embedding, we giv…
We give two examples of metric measure spaces satisfying the measure contraction property MCP(K,N) but having different topological dimensions at different regions of the space. The first one satisfies MCP(0,3) and contains a subset isometric to R, but does not topologically split. The second space satisfies…
Topological Flow Matching: A Generative Modeling Framework for Structured Spaces
problem Handling structured spaces in generative modeling
method Introducing topological flow matching
result Captures the structure of the underlying domain while preserving desirable properties
Corrects incorrect assertions about fixed points in digital topology.
problem Incorrect or incorrectly proven assertions about fixed points in digital metric spaces.
method Analysis of existing assertions and proofs.
result Identifies and corrects errors in published assertions.
Defines Whitehead torsion for topological spaces via K-theory.
problem Classical Whitehead torsion for topological spaces.
method Introduces Whitehead categories and torsion cosheaves.
result Establishes a connection between Whitehead torsion and K-theory.
Topological manifolds can be embedded flatly in high-dimensional Euclidean space and are locally retracts.
problem Embedding and retraction of topological manifolds in Euclidean spaces.
method Locally flat embedding and retraction of manifolds in high-dimensional Euclidean space.
result Every topological n-manifold can be embedded locally flatly in R2n+1 and is a retract of some neighborhood in R2n+1. This is a survey on two closely related subjects. First, we review the study of topological structure of `finite type' components of spaces of Bridgeland's stability conditions on triangulated categories. The key is to understand Happel-Reiten-Smalo tilting as tiling of cells. Second, we review topological realizations…