Weighted homology theory of orbifolds and Weighted Polyhedra

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Hauptverfasser: Wei, Yin, Wu, Lisu, Yu, Li
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author Wei, Yin
Wu, Lisu
Yu, Li
author_facet Wei, Yin
Wu, Lisu
Yu, Li
contents We introduce two new homology theories of orbifolds from some special type of triangulations adapted to an orbifold, called AW-homology and DW-homology. The main idea in the definitions of these two homology theories is that we use divisibly weighted simplices as the building blocks of an orbifold and encode the orders of the local groups of the orbifold in the boundary maps of their chain complexes so that these two theories can reflect some structural information of the singular set of the orbifold. We prove that AW-homology and DW-homology groups are invariants of compact orbifolds under orbifold isomorphisms and more generally under certain type of homotopy equivalences of orbifolds. Moreover, we find that there exists a natural graded commutative product in the cohomology groups corresponding to the DW-homology, which generalizes the cup product in the ordinary simplicial cohomology. In addition, we introduce a broader class of objects called weighted polyhedra and develop our AW-homology and DW-homology theory in this broader setting. When a weighted polyhedron is based on a compact orientable homology n-manifold, we prove that its AW-homology and DW-homology satisfy a generalized version of Poincaré duality with respect to its DW-cohomology and AW-cohomology, respectively. Our goal is to generalize the whole simplicial (co)homology theory to any triangulable topological space with a suitable weight function.
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spellingShingle Weighted homology theory of orbifolds and Weighted Polyhedra
Wei, Yin
Wu, Lisu
Yu, Li
Algebraic Topology
Geometric Topology
55N32 (Primary), 57S17, 58K30
We introduce two new homology theories of orbifolds from some special type of triangulations adapted to an orbifold, called AW-homology and DW-homology. The main idea in the definitions of these two homology theories is that we use divisibly weighted simplices as the building blocks of an orbifold and encode the orders of the local groups of the orbifold in the boundary maps of their chain complexes so that these two theories can reflect some structural information of the singular set of the orbifold. We prove that AW-homology and DW-homology groups are invariants of compact orbifolds under orbifold isomorphisms and more generally under certain type of homotopy equivalences of orbifolds. Moreover, we find that there exists a natural graded commutative product in the cohomology groups corresponding to the DW-homology, which generalizes the cup product in the ordinary simplicial cohomology. In addition, we introduce a broader class of objects called weighted polyhedra and develop our AW-homology and DW-homology theory in this broader setting. When a weighted polyhedron is based on a compact orientable homology n-manifold, we prove that its AW-homology and DW-homology satisfy a generalized version of Poincaré duality with respect to its DW-cohomology and AW-cohomology, respectively. Our goal is to generalize the whole simplicial (co)homology theory to any triangulable topological space with a suitable weight function.
title Weighted homology theory of orbifolds and Weighted Polyhedra
topic Algebraic Topology
Geometric Topology
55N32 (Primary), 57S17, 58K30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.06794