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Poincar\'e's polyhedron theorem for cocompact groups in dimension 4

Geometric Topology 2020-01-27 v2

Abstract

We prove a version of Poincar\'e's polyhedron theorem whose requirements are as local as possible. New techniques such as the use of discrete groupoids of isometries are introduced. The theorem may have a wide range of applications and can be generalized to the case of higher dimension and other geometric structures. It is planned as a first step in a program of constructing compact C\mathbb C-surfaces of general type satisfying c12=3c2c_1^2=3c_2.

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@article{arxiv.1112.5740,
  title  = {Poincar\'e's polyhedron theorem for cocompact groups in dimension 4},
  author = {Sasha Anan'in and Carlos H. Grossi and Júlio C. C. da Silva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.5740},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

15 pages, 1 figure, 9 references. Introduction revised. Example 3.16 added

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