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The Deligne Complex for the $B_3$ Artin Group

Group Theory 2025-03-21 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We show that the piecewise Euclidean Moussong metric on the Deligne complex of the Artin group of type B3B_3 is CAT(0)\mathrm{CAT}(0). We do this by establishing a criteria for a complex made of B3B_3 simplices to be CAT(1)\mathrm{CAT}(1) in terms of embedded edge paths, which in particular applies to the spherical Deligne complex of type B3B_3. This provides one more step to showing that the Moussong metric is CAT(0)\mathrm{CAT}(0) for any 3-dimensional Artin group.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2503.15820,
  title  = {The Deligne Complex for the $B_3$ Artin Group},
  author = {Katherine Goldman and Amy Herron},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.15820},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

35 pages, 19 figures. Comments welcome

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