Questions tagged [topology]
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Plot on fundamental square of a torus [duplicate]
I have line on the 2d plane, given by say f(t). I want to plot it in the torus by plotting Mod[f(t),2\[Pi]]. However, there are some sharp horizontal and vertical ...
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Interfacing with an external computational homology program called CHomP
I have an external program called CHomP.
I am trying to send a command to CHomP via RunThrough, and read the output string.
It ...
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Check if two graph have same shape(?)
How can I check if two graphs have same shape or not? By shape I mean the two graphs are equivalent under a set of "name" replacements, like:
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Making 3D graphics showing sphere eversions
Were these pictures made by Mathematica or MATLAB? And how could I make ones like them?
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Computing the topological genus from a parametric function
Recall that the topological genus of a surface (or Euler characteristic) is (in essence) the number of its "holes." Thus the genus of a baseball is 0 while the genus of a donut or handled coffee cup ...
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Built-in functions for Homotopy group
Does Mathematica have built-in functions for Homotopy group, for example for computing
$$\pi_n(S^m)=?$$
or more generally
$n$-th homotopy group,
$$\pi_n(X)=?$$
for some $X$.
(I search, but I could ...
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Help to finish a Sperner lemma application
This is the code for the celebrated Sperner's Lemma in two dimensions --- which is equivalent to Brouwer Fixed Point theorem. Incidentally, it's my first program without any help --- until I ask this ...
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Compactness and Connectedness of sets
Can we check Compactness/Connectedness of sets in $R^{2}$ using some mathematica code ?
If Yes , Can anyone tell how ?
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Plotting open balls for the given metric spaces [closed]
We're given a metric space (R,d) defined as follows: $$d(x,y) = |x-y|$$
We need to draw a open ball for this metric space with centre and radius of our choice.
Open ball definition: For a fixed $x$ ...
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Small World network on a square grid
My aim is to generate a 2D Small World network on a square grid. i.e. 20x20.
With a probability of 5%, one node rewires from an adjacent node to a random node of the grid, allowing some long distance ...
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Visualization of Homotopy equivalence between “heart curve” and zero
It is well-known that a "heart" is topologically equivalent to a "zero".
where $$(x^2+y^2-1)^3=x^2y^3$$ is the heart equation; and $$\frac{x^2}{2}+\frac{y^2}{3}=1$$ is the equation of the zero shape (...
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ParametricPlot3D of Boy's surface
I'm trying to visualize Boy's surface using Bryant's parametrization, as per the MathWorld article. However, I'm not sure I understand the parametrization, and I don't know how to implement it when ...
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Package for symbolic computation of christoffel symbols and parallel transports in Riemannian geometry, given the metric
I've no knowledge in mathematica (but I do in matlab), but I'd really appreciate if someone could mention what is/are the best and easy to learn mathematica package(s) for symbolic and numerical (both,...
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Stitch edge of disk to edge of square in 3D space (with deformations) [closed]
Topologically each point on the edge of a square can be mapped uniquelly (including the corners?) to a point on the edge of a circle.
It seems it might be possible to deform in 3D space the square ...
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I have a 2D space and I want to make it into a torus to replicate a paper
Suppose we have a 2D grid, divided by cells, and that we assign people to each cell. Each person has 4 neighbors, one in the cell above, another in the cell below, and neighbors in the cells to the ...
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Are there any built-in or third-party packages for general topology or algebraic topology in Mathematica?
I am learning general topology (wiki) and algebraic topology (wiki).
Are there any built-in or third-party packages for general topology or algebraic topology in Mathematica?
Through googling, I ...
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Connect neighbouring points as list of segments in 2 D
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I am interested in connecting neighboring points in 2/3D as list of segments.
I am guessing this is something within the reach of graph theory,
which is well implemented in mathematica.
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Morphological Filtering in 3D to produce skeletons
Context
As a follow up of this question and
that answer, I would like to
identify the special lines separating 3D watersheds. These are useful in the context
of astronomy to identify the ...
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Homotopy Visualization
I noticed that both the lower cased 'i' and the Apple logo are topologically equivalent to the disjoint union of two closed discs.
I'd like to animate a homotopy from the left to the right, can ...
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Proving the hairy ball theorem using xAct
I would like to formally prove the hairy ball theorem in Mathematica,
initially just for $S^2$, and then see about generalizing.
An approach I thought about to use the xAct package to define $S^2$
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Morphing a “sheet of paper” into a torus
How can I visualize the standard topological "rubber-sheet" construction of a torus, that is, morphing a square into a torus?
How can I start or are there any examples in the Mathematica ...
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Has anyone implemented cohomology for complex manifolds?
I'm investigating the cohomology of complex manifolds, and need to construct chain complexes, Mayer-Vietoris sequences etc. I use Mathematica for numerically tracing manifolds with geodesics, but ...
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Plotting the open ball for the post office metric space
The post office metric space, $P$ has the distance function defined as follows:
$$
d_P (\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}) := \begin{cases}
0 & \mathbf{x} = \mathbf{y}\\
\Vert \mathbf{x}\Vert_2+\Vert \...
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Generating a topological space diagram for an n-element set
Over on StackOverflow I asked a similar question for the n=3 case, but the answer given doesn't easily generalize.
How can I make a diagram such as this:
But for a general n-element space instead?
