Definable triangulation conjecture for functions on compact definable sets

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Let f:K→Rf:K\to\mathbb{R} be a definable function on a compact definable set K⊂RmK\subset\mathbb{R}^m. A definable triangulation of KK is a definable triangulation whose open simplices satisfy the following conditions. For each n≤dim⁡Kn\leq\dim K and each open nn-simplex Δ\Delta of the triangulation, let

Γ={(x,t)∣x∈Δ, t=f(x)}\Gamma=\{(\mathbf{x},t)\mid \mathbf{x}\in\Delta,\ t=f(\mathbf{x})\}

be the graph of the restriction of ff to Δ\Delta. Definable triangulation conjecture. There exists a definable triangulation of KK such that Γ\Gamma is a topologically regular nn-cell, and either ff is constant on Δ\Delta or every nonempty level set

Γ∩{t=constant}\Gamma\cap\{t=\text{constant}\}

is a topologically regular (n−1)(n-1)-cell. This conjecture was proposed as motivation for studying semi-monotone sets, monotone functions, and monotone maps; the paper develops those theories and proves related regular-cell results, but the supplied text does not state whether this triangulation conjecture itself is resolved.

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Saugata Basu, Andrei Gabrielov and Nicolai Vorobjov, “Monotone functions and maps”, arXiv:1201.0491 (2013).

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