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Tiny non-Leighton complexes

Geometric Topology 2025-05-06 v4 Combinatorics Group Theory

Abstract

How complex must two finite 2-complexes be to admit a common, but not finite common, covering? We obtain an almost answer: the minimum possible number of triangles in a pseudo-simplicial triangulation of each complex is 3, 4, or 5.

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@article{arxiv.2403.09803,
  title  = {Tiny non-Leighton complexes},
  author = {Natalia S. Dergacheva and Anton A. Klyachko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.09803},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

5 pages. A Russian version of this paper is at http://halgebra.math.msu.su/staff/klyachko/papers.htm . V4: Minor misprint corrections

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