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For a finitely presented discrete group $\Gamma$, we introduce two generalizations of the orbifold Euler characteristic and $\Gamma$-orbifold Euler characteristic to a class of proper topological groupoids large enough to include all…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-10-19 Carla Farsi , Christopher Seaton

Everyone knows that the Euler characteristic of a combinatorial manifold is given by the alternating sum of its numbers of simplices. It is shown that there are other linear combinations of the numbers of simplices which are combinatorial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Justin Roberts

Given a finite simplicial complex L and a collection of pairs of spaces indexed by its vertex set, one can define their polyhedral product. We record a simple formula for its Euler characteristic. In special cases the formula simplifies…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-07-24 Michael W. Davis

M\"obius inversion, originally a tool in number theory, was generalized to posets for use in group theory and combinatorics. It was later generalized to categories in two different ways, both of which are useful. We provide a unifying…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2013-03-12 Tom Leinster

We compute Euler characteristics of p-subgroup categories of finite groups

Category Theory · Mathematics 2015-04-22 Martin Wedel Jacobsen , Jesper M. Moller

Indices of singular points of a vector field or of a 1-form on a smooth manifold are closely related with the Euler characteristic through the classical Poincar\'e--Hopf theorem. Generalized Euler characteristics (additive topological…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-03-19 S. M. Gusein-Zade

The notion of the orbifold Euler characteristic came from physics at the end of 80's. There were defined higher order versions of the orbifold Euler characteristic and generalized ("motivic") versions of them. In a previous paper the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-06 S. M. Gusein-Zade , I. Luengo , A. Melle-Hernández

The Euler characteristic of a semialgebraic set can be considered as a generalization of the cardinality of a finite set. An advantage of semialgebraic sets is that we can define "negative sets" to be the sets with negative Euler…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-17 Takahiro Hasebe , Toshinori Miyatani , Masahiko Yoshinaga

We show that integration with respect to the Euler-Poincar\'e characteristic can be extended from the setting of definable sets to the setting of topological spaces homeomorphic to definable sets. We use that extension to generalize a…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2018-07-05 E. Macías-Virgós , D. Mosquera-Lois

This paper studies the Euler characteristic of a bicategory based on the concept of magnitudes introduced by Leinster. We focus on its invariance with respect to biequivalence and on the product formula for Buckley's fibered bicategories.

Category Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-24 Kohei Tanaka

It is well known that the Euler characteristic of an odd dimensional compact manifold is zero. An Euler complex is a combinatorial analogue of a compact manifold. We present here an elementary proof of the corresponding result for Euler…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-02-25 Colin MacLaurin , Guyan Robertson

Generating functions for the number of commuting m-tuples in the symmetric groups are obtained. We define a natural sequence of ``orbifold Euler characteristics'' for a finite group G acting on a manifold X. Our definition generalizes the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jim Bryan , Jason Fulman

A necessary and sufficient condition is provided for the solvability of a binomial congruence with a composite modulus, circumventing its prime factorization. This is a generalization of Euler's Criterion through that of Euler's Theorem,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-02 József Vass

In this note we characterize, within the framework of the theory of finite set, those categories of graphs that are {\em algebraic universal} in the sense that every concrete category embeds in them. The proof of the characterization is…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-04 J. Nesetril , P. Ossona de Mendez

The Euler-Poincare characteristic, or Euler characteristic in short, is a fundamental topological invariant of compact manifolds that plays a crucial role in a variety of geometric and topological situations. From this point of view, we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Mehdi Ghorbani , Fatemeh Alikhani , Saad Varsaie

We relate Fubini's theorem for Euler characteristics to Riemann-Hurwtiz formulae, and reprove a classical result of Iversen. The techniques used include algebraic geometry, complex geometry, and model theory. Possible applications to the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-03-20 Matthew Morrow

We establish the equality of two definitions of an Euler class in algebraic geometry: the first definition is as a "characteristic class" with values in Chow-Witt theory, while the second definition is as an "obstruction class." Along the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-17 Aravind Asok , Jean Fasel

In this work we prove that for a compact odd-dimensional orbifold its Euler characteristic is half of the Euler characteristic of its boundary.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Ramon Gallardo

We introduce the universal Euler characteristic of orbit space definable groupoids, a class of groupoids containing cocompact proper Lie groupoids as well as translation groupoids associated to proper definable group actions. We show that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Carla Farsi , Emily Proctor , Christopher Seaton

We present a new definition of Euler Gamma function. From the complex analysis and transalgebraic viewpoint, it is a natural characterization in the space of finite order meromorphic functions. We show how the classical theory and formulas…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2023-12-08 Ricardo Pérez-Marco