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Orbifold Euler characteristic
Orbifold
Orbifold Euler characteristic
(
χ
orb
)
0
0
0
Orbifold
For
a
compact
topological surface
with
cone
-point orders
α
1
,
…
,
α
k
, the
orbifold
Euler characteristic
is
χ
orb
=
χ
(
underlying surface
)
−
∑
i
(
1
−
1/
α
i
)
. An
orbifold
covering multiplies this
quantity
by its degree.
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An
orbifold
is
a
generalization of
a
manifold
that allows for certain types of
singularities
. More formally, an
orbifold
can be defined
as
a
space
that looks locally like
a
manifold
but may have points where the structure of the
space
is modified by
a
finite group
acting
on it.
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