Torsion cycles as non-local magnetic sources in non-orientable spaces

Abstract

Non-orientable spaces can appear to carry net magnetic charge, even in the absence of magnetic sources. It is shown that this effect can be understood as a physical manifestation of the existence of torsion cycles of codimension one in the homology of space.

17 pages, 4 figures

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