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topics in algebraic topology (Topic)

Algebraic topology topics

Introduction

algebraic topology (AT) utilizes algebraic approaches to solve topological problems, such as the classification of surfaces, proving duality theorems for manifolds and approximation theorems for topological spaces. A central problem in algebraic topology is to find algebraic invariants of topological spaces, which is usually carried out by means of homotopy, homology and cohomology groups. There are close connections between algebraic topology, Algebraic Geometry (AG), and non-commutative geometry/. On the other hand, there are also close ties between algebraic geometry and number theory.

Background

Latin quote: “Non multa sed multum

Outline

  1. homotopy theory and fundamental groups
  2. Topology and groupoids; van Kampen theorem
  3. Homology and cohomology theories
  4. Duality
  5. category theory applications in algebraic topology
  6. indexes of category, functors and natural transformations
  7. Grothendieck's Descent theory
  8. `Anabelian geometry'
  9. Categorical Galois theory
  10. higher dimensional algebra (HDA)
  11. Quantum Algebraic Topology (QAT)
  12. Quantum Geometry
  13. non-Abelian algebraic topology (NAAT)

Homotopy theory and fundamental groups

  1. Homotopy
  2. Fundamental group of a space
  3. Fundamental theorems
  4. van Kampen theorem
  5. Whitehead groups, torsion and towers
  6. Postnikov towers

Topology and Groupoids

  1. Topology definition, axioms and basic concepts
  2. fundamental groupoid
  3. topological groupoid
  4. van Kampen theorem for groupoids
  5. Groupoid pushout theorem
  6. double groupoids and crossed modules
  7. new4

Homology theory

  1. homology group
  2. Homology sequence
  3. Homology complex
  4. new4

Cohomology theory

  1. Cohomology group
  2. Cohomology sequence
  3. DeRham cohomology
  4. new4

Duality in algebraic topology and category theory

  1. Tanaka-Krein duality
  2. Grothendieck duality
  3. categorical duality
  4. tangled duality
  5. DA5
  6. DA6
  7. DA7

Category theory applications

  1. abelian categories
  2. Topological category
  3. fundamental groupoid functor
  4. Categorical Galois theory
  5. Non-Abelian algebraic topology
  6. Group category
  7. groupoid category
  8. $\mathcal{T}op$ category
  9. topos and topoi axioms
  10. generalized toposes
  11. Categorical logic and algebraic topology
  12. meta-theorems
  13. Duality between spaces and algebras

Index of categories

The following is a listing of categories relevant to algebraic topology:
  1. Algebraic categories
  2. Topological category
  3. Category of sets, Set
  4. Category of topological spaces
  5. category of Riemannian manifolds
  6. Category of CW-complexes
  7. Category of Hausdorff spaces
  8. category of Borel spaces
  9. Category of CR-complexes
  10. Category of graphs
  11. Category of spin networks
  12. Category of groups
  13. Galois category
  14. Category of fundamental groups
  15. Category of Polish groups
  16. Groupoid category
  17. category of groupoids (or groupoid category)
  18. category of Borel groupoids
  19. Category of fundamental groupoids
  20. Category of functors (or functor category)
  21. Double groupoid category
  22. double category
  23. category of Hilbert spaces
  24. category of quantum automata
  25. R-category
  26. Category of algebroids
  27. Category of double algebroids
  28. Category of dynamical systems

Index of functors

The following is a contributed listing of functors:
  1. Covariant functors
  2. Contravariant functors
  3. adjoint functors
  4. preadditive functors
  5. Additive functor
  6. representable functors
  7. Fundamental groupoid functor
  8. Forgetful functors
  9. Grothendieck group functor
  10. Exact functor
  11. Multi-functor
  12. section functors
  13. NT2
  14. NT3

Index of natural transformations

The following is a contributed listing of natural transformations:
  1. Natural equivalence
  2. Natural transformations in a 2-category
  3. NT3
  4. NT1
  5. NT2
  6. NT3

Grothendieck proposals

  1. Esquisse d'un Programme
  2. Pursuing Stacks
  3. S2
  4. S3
  5. S4

Descent theory

  1. D1
  2. D2
  3. D3
  4. D4

Higher dimensional algebra (HDA)

  1. Categorical groups
  2. Double groupoids
  3. Double algebroids
  4. Bi-algebroids
  5. $R$-algebroid
  6. $2$-category
  7. $n$-category
  8. super-category
  9. weak n-categories
  10. Bi-dimensional Geometry
  11. Noncommutative geometry
  12. Higher-Homotopy theories
  13. Higher-Homotopy Generalized van Kampen Theorem (HGvKT)
  14. H1
  15. H2
  16. H3
  17. H4

Axioms of cohomology theory

  1. A1
  2. A2
  3. A3
  4. A4
  5. A5
  6. A6
  7. A7

Axioms of homology theory

  1. A1
  2. A2
  3. A3
  4. A4
  5. A5
  6. A6

Quantum algebraic topology (QAT)

(a). Quantum algebraic topology is described as the mathematical and physical study of general theories of quantum algebraic structures from the standpoint of algebraic topology, category theory and their non-Abelian extensions in higher dimensional algebra and supercategories

  1. quantum operator algebras (such as: involution, *-algebras, or $*$-algebras, von Neumann algebras, , JB- and JL- algebras, $C^*$ - or C*- algebras,
  2. Quantum von Neumann algebra and subfactors; Jone's towers and subfactors
  3. Kac-Moody and K-algebras
  4. categorical groups
  5. Hopf algebras, quantum Groups and quantum group algebras
  6. quantum groupoids and weak Hopf $C^*$-algebras
  7. groupoid C*-convolution algebras and *-convolution algebroids
  8. quantum spacetimes and quantum fundamental groupoids
  9. Quantum double Algebras
  10. quantum gravity, supersymmetries, supergravity, superalgebras and graded `Lie' algebras
  11. Quantum categorical algebra and higher–dimensional, $\L{}-M_n$- Toposes
  12. Quantum R-categories, R-supercategories and spontaneous symmetry breaking
  13. non-Abelian Quantum Algebraic Topology (NA-QAT): closely related to NAAT and HDA.

Quantum Geometry

  1. Quantum Geometry overview
  2. Quantum non-commutative geometry

Non-Abelian Algebraic Topology (NAAT)

  1. non-Abelian categories
  2. non-commutative groupoids (including non-Abelian groups)
  3. Generalized van Kampen theorems
  4. Noncommutative Geometry (NCG)
  5. Non-commutative `spaces' of functions
  6. new4

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  2. new2
  3. new3
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References

Bibliography on Category theory, AT and QAT

Textbooks and Expositions:

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