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by abelaer
493 days ago
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Author of the post here: There is quite a deep connection actually. You can assign a simplicial complex to a partial order P with a max and a min element (0 and 1). Then the Möbius function on P calculates the (reduced) Euler characteristic of that simplicial complex as µ(0, 1)=\Chi. For example, if the partial order is a power set mereology (a Boolean algebra) on 3 elements, then the associated simplicial complex is a triangle, and µ(0, 1) = µ(\emptyset, {a, b, c})=(-1)^3, which is the correct answer as a triangle (without interior) is homeomorphic to a circle. In a way, calculating quantities q through Möbius inversion is just calculating Euler characteristics, weighted by by Q. (with some caveats) |
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