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In this paper, we show that the conditional expectation of a random variable with finite second moment given a $\sigma$-algebra is the unique critical point of an energy functional in Hilbert space $L^2$. Then, we extend by density the…

This paper explores epistemic realizability, a form of realizability in which the property that a piece of data constitutes evidence for a logical proposition is semi-decidable. In this framework, each proposition A is assigned a verifier}…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Pablo Barenbaum

Why is the manifold topology in a spacetime taken for granted? Why do we prefer to use Riemann open balls as basic-open sets, while there also exists a Lorentz metric? Which topology is a best candidate for a spacetime; a topology…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-09-17 Kyriakos Papadopoulos , Fabio Scardigli

We show that the number of gods in a universe must equal the Euler characteristics of its underlying manifold. By incorporating the classical cosmological argument for creation, this result builds a bridge between theology and physics and…

Popular Physics · Physics 2012-04-02 Daniel Schoch

The relation between manifold topology, observables and gauge group is clarified on the basis of the classification of the representations of the algebra of observables associated to positions and displacements on the manifold. The guiding,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-01 G. Morchio , F. Strocchi

The incompressibility method is a counting argument in the framework of algorithmic complexity that permits discovering properties that are satisfied by most objects of a class. This paper gives a preliminary insight into Kolmogorov's…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Carles Cardó

A new method is given for computing generators of the homology groups with integer coefficients for any finite $T_0$-space. An important role in this method is played by irreducible cycles which are defined here and give rise to continuous…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Patrick Erik Bradley

After a brief digression on the current landscape of theoretical physics and on some open questions pertaining to coherence with experimental results, still to be settled, it is shown that the properties of the Deformed Minkowski space lead…

General Physics · Physics 2023-08-15 Stefano Bellucci , Fabio Cardone , Fabio Pistella

We prove a categorical duality between a class of abstract algebras of partial functions and a class of (small) topological categories. The algebras are the isomorphs of collections of partial functions closed under the operations of…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Brett McLean

There are many examples of dualities between topological spaces and algebras in the literature. Particularly, many of those examples come from the algebraic counterpart of a logical system, e.g, boolean and heyting algebras, MV-algebras,…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Mayk de Andrade , Hugo Mariano

We first show that in the function realizability topos every metric space is separable, and every object with decidable equality is countable. More generally, working with synthetic topology, every $T_0$-space is separable and every…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Andrej Bauer , Andrew Swan

This paper aims to give an elementary proof for Toponogov's theorem in Alexandrov geometry with lower curvature bound. The idea of the proof comes from the fact that, in Riemannian geometry, sectional curvature can be embodied in the second…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-29 Shengqi Hu , Xiaole Su , Yusheng Wang

The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, we give easy-to-handle criteria to determine whether a given family of subsets of a vector space is a neighbourhood basis of the origin for a complete vector topology. Then, we apply these criteria…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-20 José L. Ansorena , Alejandro Marcos

We give a new proof of the string topology structure of a compact oriented surface of genus g greater than or equal to 2, using elementary algebraic topology. This reproves the result of Vaintrob.

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2012-03-20 A. P. M. Kupers

Through the subsequent discussion we consider a certain particular sort of (topological) algebras, which may substitute the `` structure sheaf algebras'' in many--in point of fact, in all--the situations of a geometrical character that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Anastasios Mallios

This paper studies the combinatorics of ideals which recently appeared in ergodicity results for analytic equivalence relations. The ideals have the following topological representation. There is a separable metrizable space $X$, a…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-03-06 Adam Kwela , Marcin Sabok

In the absence of empirical confirmation, scientists may judge a theory's chances of being viable based on a wide range of arguments. The paper argues that such arguments can differ substantially with regard to their structural similarly to…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2017-02-07 Richard Dawid

It is expected that the $D$-topology makes every diffeological vector space into a topological vector space. We show that it is the case for a large class of diffeological vector spaces via $k_\omega$-space theory, but not so in general.…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-20 Enxin Wu , Zhongqiang Yang

A two-dimensional topological sigma-model on a generalized Calabi-Yau target space $X$ is defined. The model is constructed in Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism using only a generalized complex structure $J$ and a pure spinor $\rho$ on $X$. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Vasily Pestun

The paper aim is the axiomatic justification of the theory of experience and chance, one of the dual halves of which is the Kolmogorov probability theory. The author's main idea was the natural inclusion of Kolmogorov's axiomatics of…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Oleg Yu. Vorobyev