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Randomized simplicial sets

Algebraic Topology 2022-10-04 v1 Probability

Abstract

We construct new geometric realizations of simplicial and pre-simplicial sets where the standard nn-simplex, viewed as the space of probability measures on n+1n+1 elements, is replaced by the space of (n+1)(n+1)-valued random variables, with the topology of probability convergence. We prove that the map which associates to a random variable its probability law is an homotopy equivalence from these new geometric realizations to the classical ones. Finally, we prove that this realization provides a new Quillen equivalence between simplicial sets and topological spaces.

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@article{arxiv.2210.00559,
  title  = {Randomized simplicial sets},
  author = {Ivan Marin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.00559},
  year   = {2022}
}