• Topologies on sets of polynomial knots and the homotopy types of the respective spaces

• # Fulltext

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/pmsc/131/0013

• # Keywords

Polynomial knot; topologies on a set; homotopy type of a space.

• # Abstract

A polynomial knot in $\mathbb{R}^n$ is a smooth embedding of $\mathbb{R}$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that the component functions are real polynomials. In the earlier paper with Mishra, we have studied the space $\mathscr{P}$ of polynomial knots in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with the inductive limit topology coming from the spaces $\mathscr{O}_d$ for $d\geq 3$, where $\mathscr{O}_d$ is the space of polynomial knots in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with degree $d$ and having some conditions on the degrees of the component polynomials. In the same paper, we have proved that the space of polynomial knots in $\mathbb{R}^3$ has the same homotopy type as $S^2$. The homotopy type of the space is the mere consequence of the topology chosen. If we have another topology on $\mathscr{P}$, the homotopy type may change. With this in mind, we consider in general the set $\mathscr{L}^n$ of polynomial knots in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with various topologies on it and study the homotopy type of the respective spaces. Let $\mathscr{L}$ be the union of the sets $\mathscr{L}^n$ for $n\geq 1$. We also explore the homotopy type of the space $\mathscr{L}$ with some natural topologies on it.

• # Author Affiliations

1. Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Prayagraj 211019, India

• # Proceedings – Mathematical Sciences

Volume 131, 2021
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