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Equivariant Morse theory on Vietoris-Rips complexes & universal spaces for proper actions

Geometric Topology 2022-01-13 v2 Algebraic Topology Group Theory

Abstract

We formalize an equivariant version of Bestvina-Brady discrete Morse theory, and apply it to Vietoris-Rips complexes in order to exhibit finite universal spaces for proper actions for all asymptotically CAT(0) groups.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1909.04487,
  title  = {Equivariant Morse theory on Vietoris-Rips complexes & universal spaces for proper actions},
  author = {Marco Varisco and Matthew C. B. Zaremsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.04487},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Final revision, to appear in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. Minor changes, correcting some inconsequential mistakes and improving the exposition, based on a thorough referee report. 18 pages

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