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Classification of exceptional nodal topologies protected by <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi mathvariant="script">PT</mml:mi></mml:math> symmetry
Exceptional degeneracies, at which both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, and parity-time $(\mathcal{PT})$ symmetry, reflecting balanced gain and loss in photonic systems, are paramount concepts in non-Hermitian systems. We here complete the topological classification of exceptional nodal degeneracies protected by $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry in up to three dimensions and provide simple example …