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  • ==The algebra of plumbing== ...pology of the graph. Next, we will pursue this analysis via a certain kind of ''algebra''. We introduce this algebra with the following metaphor:
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  • The examples of graphs shown come as ''networks'' of bridges, atoms in a molecule, related individuals, or computers. '''Definition.''' A ''graph''<!--\index{graph}--> $G =(N,E)$ consists of two finite sets:
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  • ==Are chains just “combinations” of cells?== The nature of the problem is topological because the ''rubber'' band is allowed to stretc
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  • ...dy such topological concepts as path-connectedness. ''Are curves also made of tiles?'' Such a curve would look like this: ...e in the usual topological sense! After all, a curve is a continuous image of the $1$-dimensional interval $[a,b]$. In that sense, a curve is supposed to
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  • We next examine the combined ''domain'' of these new functions. We are to make the usual domain of functions -- the reals ${\bf R}$ -- discrete. We divide this set into unit
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  • Recall that a chain complex<!--\index{chain complex}--> is a sequence of vector spaces and linear operators: This property allows us to study the ''homology'' of this chain complex:
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  • ==The algebra of plumbing, continued== We think of a graph as a plumbing system that consists of a network of pipes and joints, and each joint and each pipe is equipped with an on-off s
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  • ==The algebra of plumbing, continued== We think of a graph as a plumbing system that consists of a network of pipes and joints, and each joint and each pipe is equipped with an on-off s
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  • A graph<!--\index{graph}--> is pure data. It consists of two sets: *the nodes, say, $N=\{A, B, C, D\}$, representing some agents, and
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  • *[[0th homology group|0th homology group]] *[[1st homology group|1st homology group]]
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  • Let's consider maps of the “cubical circle”<!--\index{circle}--> to itself ...d then find an appropriate representation $g:K\to L$ for each $f$ in terms of their cells. More precisely, we are after
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  • ...ogy}--> would be incomplete without considering continuous transformations of objects, also known as maps<!--\index{maps}-->. ...aces doesn't reveal the complete picture. Instead, we want to ''track each of these features'' and record what map does to it.
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  • ...the definite integral over $I$ is often thought of as a function the input of which is any integrable ''function'' $f$ while the output is a real number. ...iemann integral is introduced in calculus as the limit of the Riemann sums of $f$. The student then discovers that this function is ''linear'':
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  • ...wo topological spaces. To fully understand this map, we want to track each of the topological features, i.e., the homology classes, in $X$ as they are tr ...e want to see map $h$ as a “realization”<!--\index{realization}--> $h=|f|$ of a “simplicial” map $f:K\to L$ between these complexes:
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  • ...wo topological spaces. To fully understand this map, we want to track each of the topological features, i.e., the homology classes, in $X$ as they are tr ...e want to see map $h$ as a “realization”<!--\index{realization}--> $h=|f|$ of a “simplicial” map $f:K\to L$ between these complexes:
    34 KB (5,929 words) - 03:31, 29 November 2015
  • ...In contrast to traditional goals of finding an accurate ''discretization'' of conventional multivariate calculus, discrete calculus establishes a separat ...complex]] in terms of $(k-1$-cells, you also know the exterior derivative of all discrete [[differential forms]] ([[co-chain]]s). So, you know calculus.
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