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Topology

#chaosstream

The definition of topology leads to the following mathematical joke (Renteln and Dundes 2005):

Q: What is a topologist? A: Someone who cannot distinguish between a doughnut and a coffee cup.

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Topology.html

# Topology | Definition of Topology by Merriam-Webster

> ## Excerpt
> topographic study of a particular place; specifically : the history of a region as indicated by its topography… See the full definition

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1 **:** [topographic](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topographic) study of a particular place specifically **:** the history of a region as indicated by its [topography](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topography)

2a(1) **:** a branch of mathematics concerned with those properties of geometric configurations (such as point sets) which are unaltered by elastic deformations (such as a stretching or a twisting) that are homeomorphisms

(2) **:** the set of all open subsets of a [topological](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topological) space

b **:** [configuration](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/configuration) topology of a molecule topology of a magnetic field

source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topology

• https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-topology-when-are-two-shapes-the-same-20210928/

#chaostream

• concepts.topography

• fulldocs.mastodon.gis

• https://www.lacanonline.com/2015/01/from-the-bridges-of-konigsberg-why-topology-matters-in-psychoanalysis/

  • https://twitter.com/i/status/1225173387624042498 #visual

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Adjacent

• concepts.archives.art
• people.VilemFlusser - Cities
• people.WalterBenjamin - Arcades

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Topology X Cities?

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https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-019-0189-1/figures/5

Topology x kama sutra

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https://twitter.com/PrinceVogel/status/1438181268924010504