Topology of non-collapsed three-dimensional RCD spaces
Abstract
We show that non-collapsed spaces without boundary are orbifolds whose topological singularities are locally finite and locally homeomorphic to cones over , and that the topology of such spaces is stable under non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff convergence. We study the notion of non-orientability on these spaces as a key part of our analysis and show that the property of non-orientability (on uniformly sized balls) is stable under non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff convergence. Finally, we show that any non-orientable non-collapsed space without boundary admits a ramified double cover which is itself an orientable non-collapsed space without boundary, and that such ramified double cover is stable under non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff convergence.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.21961,
title = {Topology of non-collapsed three-dimensional RCD spaces},
author = {Qin Deng and Alessandro Pigati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.21961},
year = {2025}
}