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We define combinatorial counterparts to the geometric string vertices of Sen-Zwiebach and Costello-Zwiebach, which are certain closed subsets of the moduli spaces of curves. Our combinatorial vertices contain the same information as the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-16 Andrei Caldararu , Kevin Costello , Junwu Tu

We propose a systematic construction of signed harmonic functions for discrete Laplacian operators with Dirichlet conditions in the quarter plane. In particular, we prove that the set of harmonic functions is an algebra generated by a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-01-19 Viet Hung Hoang , Kilian Raschel , Pierre Tarrago

In this paper algebraic and combinatorial properties and a computation of the number of the spanning trees are developed for certain graphs. To this purpose, an original method, independent of the spectrum of the Laplacian matrix associated…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-01 Maurizio Imbesi , Monica La Barbiera , Santo Saraceno

We define the harmonic evolution of states of a graph by iterative application of the harmonic operator (Laplacian over $Z_2$). This provides graphs with a new geometric context and leads to a new tool to analyze them. The digraphs of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-01-09 Jerzy Kocik

Simplicial complexes are a popular tool used to model higher-order interactions between elements of complex social and biological systems. In this paper, we study some combinatorial aspects of a class of simplicial complexes created by a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-17 Zixuan Xie , Yucheng Wang , Wanyue Xu , Liwang Zhu , Wei Li , Zhongzhi Zhang

We present a distributed algorithm to compute the first homology of a simplicial complex. Such algorithms are very useful in topological analysis of sensor networks, such as its coverage properties. We employ spanning trees to compute a…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2013-06-06 Harish Chintakunta , Hamid Krim

Non-relativistic conformally invariant systems in a rotating cosmic string (conical) spacetime are analyzed at the classical and quantum levels by means of the gravitoelectromagnetic interpretation of the background. Solutions of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-02 Luis Inzunza , Mikhail S. Plyushchay

Despite growing interest in synchronization dynamics over "higher-order" network models, optimization theory for such systems is limited. Here, we study a family of Kuramoto models inspired by algebraic topology in which oscillators are…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-01-12 Cameron Purple , Per Sebastian Skardal , Dane Taylor

A closed formula is obtained for the integral $\int_{\mathcal{\bar{H}}_g^1}\kappa_{1}\psi^{2g-2}$ of tautological classes over the locus of hyperelliptic Weierstra\ss{} points in the moduli space of curves. As a corollary, a relation…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alex James Bene

A harmonic mapping is a univalent harmonic function of one complex variable. We define a family of harmonic mappings on the unit disk whose images are rotationally symmetric rosettes with $n$ cusps or n nodes, where $n \ge 3$. These…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2021-06-08 Jane McDougall , Lauren Stierman

Coupled map lattices (CMLs) are often used to study emergent phenomena in nature. It is typically assumed (unrealistically) that each component is described by the same map, and it is important to relax this assumption. In this paper, we…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-12-11 Dolores Sotelo Herrera , Jesús San Martín , Mason A. Porter

Let k be a commutative algebra with the field of the rational numbers included in k and let (E,p,i) be a cleft extension of A. We obtain a new mixed complex, simpler than the canonical one, giving the Hochschild and cyclic homologies of E…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2015-07-08 Jorge A. Guccione , Juan J. Guccione , Christian Valqui

In this paper we introduce the notion of a $d$-dimensional cycle which is a homological generalization of the idea of a graph cycle to higher dimensions. We examine both the combinatorial and homological properties of this structure and use…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2013-07-23 Emma Connon

Taking a Feynman categorical perspective, several key aspects of the geometry of surfaces are deduced from combinatorial constructions with graphs. This provides a direct route from combinatorics of graphs to string topology operations via…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Clemens Berger , Ralph M. Kaufmann

In this article we use the combinatorial and geometric structure of manifolds with embedded cylinders in order to develop an adiabatic decomposition of the Hodge cohomology of these manifolds. We will on the one hand describe the adiabatic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-06 Karsten Fritzsch

We introduce a new topological invariant of complex line arrangements in the complex projective plane, derived from the interaction between their complement and the boundary of a regular neighbourhood. The motivation is to identify Zariski…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Adrien Rodau

The classical matrix-tree theorem relates the determinant of the combinatorial Laplacian on a graph to the number of spanning trees. We generalize this result to Laplacians on one- and two-dimensional vector bundles, giving a combinatorial…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-12-09 Richard Kenyon

Harmonic analysis is a tool to infer cosmic topology from the measured astrophysical cosmic microwave background CMB radiation. For overall positive curvature, Platonic spherical manifolds are candidates for this analysis. We combine the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Peter Kramer

In this paper, we introduce a codification of the paths towards synchronization for synchronizing flows defined over a network. The collection of paths toward synchronization defines a combinatorial structure: the transition diagram. We…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-05-13 A España , X Leoncini , E Ugalde

We introduce combinatorial interpretability, a methodology for understanding neural computation by analyzing the combinatorial structures in the sign-based categorization of a network's weights and biases. We demonstrate its power through…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Micah Adler , Dan Alistarh , Nir Shavit