Dimension on discrete spaces

DOI10.1007/BF00670697MaRDI QIDQ1340323zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alexander V. Ivashchenko

Publication date 11 December 1994

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9402035

zbMATH Keywords

closed 3-manifolds with singularitiesdiscrete models for continuous spacesspace-time topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

Abstract: In this paper we develop some combinatorial models for continuous spaces. In this spirit we study the approximations of continuous spaces by graphs, molecular spaces and coordinate matrices. We define the dimension on a discrete space by means of axioms, and the axioms are based on an obvious geometrical background. This work presents some discrete models of n-dimensional Euclidean spaces, n-dimensional spheres, a torus and a projective plane. It explains how to construct new discrete spaces and describes in this connection several three-dimensional closed surfaces with some topological singularities It also analyzes the topology of (3+1)-spacetime. We are also discussing the question by R. Sorkin [19] about how to derive the system of simplicial complexes from a system of open covering of a topological space S.

Review text

The major part of this paper is of expository type, describing discrete models for continuous spaces and their dimensions as they have been discussed earlier by \textit{A. V. Ivashchenko} [Discrete Math. 126, No. 1- 3, 159-170 (1994; Zbl 0798.05027), ibid. 122, No. 1-3, 219-233 (1993), ibid. 120, No. 1-3, 107-114 (1993; Zbl 0784.05046)] and \textit{A. V. Ivashchenko} and \textit{Yeong-Nan Yeh} [Discrete Math. 126, No. 1-3, 171- 178 (1994; Zbl 0799.05017)]. These investigations are continued by presenting some discrete analogues to three-dimensional closed manifolds with singularities and analyzing the topology of \((3+1)\)-space-time within this framework.

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