Cycle decompositions: from graphs to continua

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2011.10.015zbMATH Open1288.05184arXiv1003.5115OpenAlexW1997464782WikidataQ40385513 ScholiaQ40385513MaRDI QIDQ655366FDOQ655366

Agelos Georgakopoulos

Publication date: 4 January 2012

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We generalise a fundamental graph-theoretical fact, stating that every element of the cycle space of a graph is a sum of edge-disjoint cycles, to arbitrary continua. To achieve this we replace graph cycles by topological circles, and replace the cycle space of a graph by a new homology group for continua which is a quotient of the first singular homology group $H_1$. This homology seems to be particularly apt for studying spaces with infinitely generated $H_1$, e.g. infinite graphs or fractals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5115

zbMATH Keywords

homologyinfinite graphcycle space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Paths and cycles (05C38) Infinite graphs (05C63)

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