Dimension on discrete spaces

DOI10.1007/BF00670697zbMATH Open0829.53055arXivgr-qc/9402035MaRDI QIDQ1340323FDOQ1340323

Alexander V. Ivashchenko

Publication date: 11 December 1994

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

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.

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

zbMATH Keywords

space-time topologyclosed 3-manifolds with singularitiesdiscrete models for continuous spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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