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Connectivity Spaces

Connectivity Spaces Connectedness is a fundamental property of objects and systems. It is usually viewed as inherently topological, and hence treated as derived property of sets in (generalized) topological spaces. There have been several independent attempts, however, to axiomatize connectedness either directly or in the context of axiom systems describing separation. In this review-like contribution we attempt to link these theories together. We find that despite differences in formalism and language they are largely equivalent. Taken together the available literature provides a coherent mathematical framework that is not only interesting in its own right but may also be of use in several areas of computer science from image analysis to combinatorial optimization. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mathematics in Computer Science Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 by Springer Basel
Subject
Mathematics; Mathematics, general; Computer Science, general
ISSN
1661-8270
eISSN
1661-8289
DOI
10.1007/s11786-015-0241-1
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Abstract

Connectedness is a fundamental property of objects and systems. It is usually viewed as inherently topological, and hence treated as derived property of sets in (generalized) topological spaces. There have been several independent attempts, however, to axiomatize connectedness either directly or in the context of axiom systems describing separation. In this review-like contribution we attempt to link these theories together. We find that despite differences in formalism and language they are largely equivalent. Taken together the available literature provides a coherent mathematical framework that is not only interesting in its own right but may also be of use in several areas of computer science from image analysis to combinatorial optimization.

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Mathematics in Computer ScienceSpringer Journals

Published: Sep 22, 2015

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