the Hopf invariant is a homotopy invariant of certain maps between n-spheres. In 1931 Heinz Hopf used Clifford parallels to construct the Hopf map η...
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this time Hopf discovered the Hopf invariant of maps S 3 → S 2 {\displaystyle S^{3}\to S^{2}} and proved that the Hopf fibration has invariant 1. In the...
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In differential topology, the Hopf fibration (also known as the Hopf bundle or Hopf map) describes a 3-sphere (a hypersphere in four-dimensional space)...
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M^{4m+2}} (for m ≠ 0 , 1 , 3 {\displaystyle m\neq 0,1,3} ) and the mod 2 Hopf invariant of maps S 4 m + 2 + k → S 2 m + 1 + k {\displaystyle S^{4m+2+k}\to S^{2m+1+k}}...
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H-space (redirect from Hopf space)
It is clear how to define a homotopy from [f][g] to [g][f]. Adams' Hopf invariant one theorem, named after Frank Adams, states that S0, S1, S3, S7 are...
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classical case. He used this spectral sequence to attack the celebrated Hopf invariant one problem, which he completely solved in a 1960 paper by making a...
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Linking number (category Knot invariants)
differential point of view Hopf invariant – Homotopy invariant of maps between n-spheres Kissing number – Geometric concept Writhe – Invariant of a knot diagram...
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Topological K-theory has been applied in John Frank Adams’ proof of the “Hopf invariant one” problem via Adams operations. Adams also proved an upper bound...
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1958 J. Frank Adams published a further generalization in terms of Hopf invariants on H-spaces which still limits the dimension to 1, 2, 4, or 8. It was...
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The Hopf theorem (named after Heinz Hopf) is a statement in differential topology, saying that the topological degree is the only homotopy invariant of...
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In mathematical knot theory, the Hopf link is the simplest nontrivial link with more than one component. It consists of two circles linked together exactly...
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Knot theory (redirect from Hyperbolic invariant)
century, invariants such as "quantum" knot polynomials, Vassiliev invariants and hyperbolic invariants were discovered. These aforementioned invariants are...
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Gromov–Witten invariant Arf invariant Hopf invariant Invariant theory Framed knot Chern–Simons theory Algebraic geometry Seifert surface Geometric invariant theory...
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Homotopy groups of spheres (section Hopf fibrations)
S^{15}\hookrightarrow S^{31}\rightarrow S^{16},} the first non-trivial case of the Hopf invariant one problem, because such a fibration would imply that the failed relation...
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H_{n}(X).} Fibration Hopf fibration Hopf invariant Knot theory Homotopy class Homotopy groups of spheres Topological invariant Homotopy group with coefficients...
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structure of a Hopf algebra is when considering all H-modules as a category. The additional structure is also used to define invariant elements of an...
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They were introduced by J. Frank Adams (1960) in his solution to the Hopf invariant problem. Similarly one can define tertiary cohomology operations from...
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In mathematics, and especially gauge theory, Seiberg–Witten invariants are invariants of compact smooth oriented 4-manifolds introduced by Edward Witten (1994)...
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Steenrod algebra (category Hopf algebras)
appropriate Adem relations, was the solution by J. Frank Adams of the Hopf invariant one problem. One application of the mod 2 Steenrod algebra that is fairly...
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In mathematics, the Hopf decomposition, named after Eberhard Hopf, gives a canonical decomposition of a measure space (X, μ) with respect to an invertible...
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Princeton in 1955. His other collaborators included; J. Frank Adams (Hopf invariant problem), Jürgen Berndt (projective planes), Roger Bielawski (Berry–Robbins...
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In the mathematical field of knot theory, a knot invariant is a quantity (in a broad sense) defined for each knot which is the same for equivalent knots...
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Reshetikhin–Turaev invariants (RT-invariants) are a family of quantum invariants of framed links. Such invariants of framed links also give rise to invariants of 3-manifolds...
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600-cell (section Hopf spherical coordinates)
pair of circular Hopf fibers which are not merely Clifford parallel and interlinked, but also completely orthogonal. The invariant great circles of the...
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Riemannian manifold (section Hopf–Rinow theorem)
bi-invariant (that is, simultaneously left- and right-invariant). All left-invariant metrics have constant scalar curvature. Left- and bi-invariant metrics...
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Alexander polynomial (redirect from Alexander invariant)
In mathematics, the Alexander polynomial is a knot invariant which assigns a polynomial with integer coefficients to each knot type. James Waddell Alexander...
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(flip) bifurcation Hopf bifurcation Neimark–Sacker (secondary Hopf) bifurcation Global bifurcations occur when 'larger' invariant sets, such as periodic...
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J-homomorphism (redirect from E invariant)
defined by George W. Whitehead (1942), extending a construction of Heinz Hopf (1935). Whitehead's original homomorphism is defined geometrically, and gives...
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{\displaystyle \eta \colon S^{3}\to S^{2}} is the Hopf map. This can be shown by observing that the Hopf invariant defines an isomorphism π 3 ( S 2 ) ≅ Z {\displaystyle...
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is the dual vector space. The Hopf algebras associated to groups have a commutative algebra structure, and so general Hopf algebras are known as quantum...
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