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A cone-theoretic barycenter existence theorem

General Topology 2024-10-16 v6

Abstract

We show that every continuous valuation on a locally convex, locally convex-compact, sober topological cone C\mathfrak{C} has a barycenter. This barycenter is unique, and the barycenter map β\beta is continuous, hence is the structure map of a Vw\mathbf V_{\mathrm w}-algebra, i.e., an Eilenberg-Moore algebra of the extended valuation monad on the category of T0T_0 topological spaces; it is, in fact, the unique Vw\mathbf V_{\mathrm w}-algebra that induces the cone structure on C\mathfrak{C}.

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@article{arxiv.2209.14005,
  title  = {A cone-theoretic barycenter existence theorem},
  author = {Jean Goubault-Larrecq and Xiaodong Jia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.14005},
  year   = {2024}
}
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