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Metric thickenings and group actions

Metric Geometry 2020-07-14 v2 Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let GG be a group acting properly and by isometries on a metric space XX; it follows that the quotient or orbit space X/GX/G is also a metric space. We study the Vietoris-Rips and \v{C}ech complexes of X/GX/G. Whereas (co)homology theories for metric spaces let the scale parameter of a Vietoris-Rips or \v{C}ech complex go to zero, and whereas geometric group theory requires the scale parameter to be sufficiently large, we instead consider intermediate scale parameters (neither tending to zero nor to infinity). As a particular case, we study the Vietoris-Rips and \v{C}ech thickenings of projective spaces at the first scale parameter where the homotopy type changes.

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@article{arxiv.1911.00732,
  title  = {Metric thickenings and group actions},
  author = {Henry Adams and Mark Heim and Chris Peterson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.00732},
  year   = {2020}
}
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