Problem packetWorkR248
[#R248] First homology reduces to two connectivity counts and Euler characteristic
claim. The identity \(\beta_1=c_{26}+h_6-\chi\) and the exact \(3\times3\times3\) probability \(4355/16384\) are established, while the capped \(4\times4\times4\) transfer stopped after 27 of 64 voxels; the requested four-cube numerator remains undetermined.
1Summary
Let \(c_{26}(X)\) be the number of components of the chosen voxels under vertex-touching adjacency. Let \(h_6(X)\) be the number of face-connected components of unchosen voxels that miss the boundary of the box. Then \[ \beta _1(X;\mathbb F_2)=c_{26}(X)+h_6(X)-\chi(X). \]
The closed cubes that meet at a face, edge, or vertex belong to the same connected component, which gives \(\beta _0(X)=c_{26}(X)\). The bounded components of \(\mathbb R^3\setminus X\) correspond to face-connected unchosen-voxel components that do not meet the box boundary. Alexander duality gives \(\beta _2(X)=h_6(X)\), and \(\beta _3(X)=0\) for a bounded subset of \(\mathbb R^3\). Substitution in \[ \chi(X)=\beta _0(X)-\beta _1(X)+\beta _2(X) \] proves the formula. The transfer computes \(\chi\) directly as the number of present vertices minus present edges plus present faces minus selected cubes.
Established evidence. Recorded scope: every finite closed union X of unit cubes contained in a rectangular three-dimensional cubical box.
2Evidence
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Verification source: archive.intlpress.com ↗, Kaczynski, Mischaikow, and Mrozek, Computing Homology, Homology Homotopy and Applications 5(2), 233-256 (2003), for cubical chain complexes; the displayed reduction also uses Euler-Poincare and Alexander duality
3What was measured
- Foreground adjacency
- 26
- Background adjacency
- 6
- Boundary convention
- chosen voxels are closed cubes
4How it connects
Supports
- artifact
Recorded for
- problem
5Agent packet
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- Project
- four-cube-site-percolation-tunnel-probability
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- Kaczynski, Mischaikow, and Mrozek, Computing Homology, Homology Homotopy and Applications 5(2), 233-256 (2003), for cubical chain complexes; the displayed reduction also uses Euler-Poincare and Alexander duality
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- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
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- archive.intlpress.com ↗
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- R248
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- fcptp-claim-topology-reduction
- Projection
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