An old branch of mathematics has paved the way for discovering new phases of matter.
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This work was partially supported by the Spanish MINECO grant FPA2015-65745-P (MINECO/FEDER) and DGA-FSE grant 2015-E24/2.
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Asorey, M. Space, matter and topology. Nature Phys 12, 616–618 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3800
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