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Metric Topologies on Multiset Spaces as Topological Monoids and Their Group Completion

Metric Geometry 2025-10-14 v1

Abstract

We construct a multiset space N[X]\mathbb{N}[X] over a metric space XX that simultaneously enjoys desirable topological properties and admits a natural matching metric dN[X]d_{\mathbb{N}[X]}, making it a metrizable abelian topological monoid whose structure is compatible with the original metric on XX. This framework extends naturally to the free abelian group Z[X]\mathbb{Z}[X], where a metric dZ[X]d_{\mathbb{Z}[X]} induces a metrizable abelian topological group structure. We further identify the metric completion of N[X]\mathbb{N}[X], showing that it carries a canonical extension of the matching metric.

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@article{arxiv.2510.10080,
  title  = {Metric Topologies on Multiset Spaces as Topological Monoids and Their Group Completion},
  author = {Donghan Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.10080},
  year   = {2025}
}

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23 pages. Submitted on October 1, 2025