Nonlocal loss of first homotopy in polyhedral approximations of Peano continua

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Main Authors: Brazas, Jeremy, Fischer, Hanspeter
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author Brazas, Jeremy
Fischer, Hanspeter
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Fischer, Hanspeter
contents If a Peano continuum $X$ is semilocally simply connected, then it has a finite polyhedral approximation whose fundamental group is isomorphic to that of $X$. In general, this fails to be true. It is known that the fundamental group of a locally complicated Peano continuum may contain nontrivial elements that are persistently undetectable by polyhedral approximations, at all scales. However, we show that such failure is not inherently local.
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spellingShingle Nonlocal loss of first homotopy in polyhedral approximations of Peano continua
Brazas, Jeremy
Fischer, Hanspeter
Algebraic Topology
55Q52, 55Q07 (Primary) 55Q05, 54F50 (Secondary)
If a Peano continuum $X$ is semilocally simply connected, then it has a finite polyhedral approximation whose fundamental group is isomorphic to that of $X$. In general, this fails to be true. It is known that the fundamental group of a locally complicated Peano continuum may contain nontrivial elements that are persistently undetectable by polyhedral approximations, at all scales. However, we show that such failure is not inherently local.
title Nonlocal loss of first homotopy in polyhedral approximations of Peano continua
topic Algebraic Topology
55Q52, 55Q07 (Primary) 55Q05, 54F50 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01041