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Magnitude is a real-valued invariant of metric spaces, analogous to the Euler characteristic of topological spaces and the cardinality of sets. The definition of magnitude is a special case of a general categorical definition that clarifies…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Tom Leinster

The Euler characteristic is an invariant of a topological space that in a precise sense captures its canonical notion of size, akin to the cardinality of a set. The Euler characteristic is closely related to the homology of a space, as it…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Nina Otter

Magnitude is a numerical invariant of enriched categories, including in particular metric spaces as $[0,\infty)$-enriched categories. We show that in many cases magnitude can be categorified to a homology theory for enriched categories,…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-11-10 Tom Leinster , Michael Shulman

Magnitude is a numerical invariant of metric spaces introduced by Leinster, motivated by considerations from category theory. This paper extends the original definition for finite spaces to compact spaces, in an equivalent but more natural…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-07-22 Mark W. Meckes

Magnitude is a numerical isometric invariant of metric spaces, whose definition arises from a precise analogy between categories and metric spaces. Despite this exotic provenance, magnitude turns out to encode many invariants from integral…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Tom Leinster , Mark W. Meckes

The magnitude of a metric space is a novel invariant that provides a measure of the 'effective size' of a space across multiple scales, while also capturing numerous geometrical properties, such as curvature, density, or entropy. We develop…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Katharina Limbeck , Rayna Andreeva , Rik Sarkar , Bastian Rieck

Deep learning models have seen significant successes in numerous applications, but their inner workings remain elusive. The purpose of this work is to quantify the learning process of deep neural networks through the lens of a novel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Rayna Andreeva , Katharina Limbeck , Bastian Rieck , Rik Sarkar

Magnitude is a numerical invariant of metric spaces and graphs, analogous, in a precise sense, to Euler characteristic. Magnitude homology is an algebraic invariant constructed to categorify magnitude. Among the important features of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-11 Emily Roff

Magnitude is a numerical invariant of finite metric spaces, recently introduced by T. Leinster, which is analogous in precise senses to the cardinality of finite sets or the Euler characteristic of topological spaces. It has been extended…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-08-27 Mark W. Meckes

There is a general notion of the magnitude of an enriched category, defined subject to hypotheses. In topological and geometric contexts, magnitude is already known to be closely related to classical invariants such as Euler characteristic…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2016-01-11 Joseph Chuang , Alastair King , Tom Leinster

Magnitude is a numerical invariant of compact metric spaces. Its theory is most mature for spaces satisfying the classical condition of being of negative type, and the magnitude of such a space lies in the interval $[1, \infty]$. Until now,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-11-30 Tom Leinster , Mark Meckes

Magnitude homology is an invariant of enriched categories which generalizes ordinary categorical homology -- the homology of the classifying space of a small category. The classifying space can also be generalized in a different direction:…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-03-27 Emily Roff

Magnitude is a canonical invariant of finite metric spaces which has its origins in category theory; it is analogous to cardinality of finite sets. Here, by approximating certain compact subsets of Euclidean space with finite subsets, the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-02-14 Tom Leinster , Simon Willerton

In this article, we give a framework for studying the Euler characteristic and its categorification of objects across several areas of geometry, topology and combinatorics. That is, the magnitude theory of filtered sets enriched categories.…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Yasuhiko Asao

The magnitude of a graph is one of a family of cardinality-like invariants extending across mathematics; it is a cousin to Euler characteristic and geometric measure. Among its cardinality-like properties are multiplicativity with respect…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Tom Leinster

Magnitude is an isometric invariant for metric spaces that was introduced by Leinster around 2010, and is currently the object of intense research, since it has been shown to encode many known invariants of metric spaces. In recent work,…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Miguel O'Malley , Sara Kalisnik , Nina Otter

Metric magnitude is a measure of the "size" of point clouds with many desirable geometric properties. It has been adapted to various mathematical contexts and recent work suggests that it can enhance machine learning and optimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Rayna Andreeva , James Ward , Primoz Skraba , Jie Gao , Rik Sarkar

Magnitude is an isometric invariant of metric spaces introduced by Leinster. Since its inception, it has inspired active research into its connections with integral geometry, geometric measure theory, fractal dimensions, persistent…

General Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Sara Kališnik , Davorin Lešnik

Quantifying the distance between datasets is a fundamental question in mathematics and machine learning. We propose \textit{magnitude distance}, a novel distance metric defined on finite datasets using the notion of the \emph{magnitude} of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Sahel Torkamani , Henry Gouk , Rik Sarkar

The magnitude of a finite metric space has recently emerged as a novel invariant quantity, allowing to measure the effective size of a metric space. Despite encouraging first results demonstrating the descriptive abilities of the magnitude,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Michael F. Adamer , Edward De Brouwer , Leslie O'Bray , Bastian Rieck
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