When are two Coxeter orbifolds diffeomorphic?
Geometric Topology
2014-07-24 v3
Abstract
One can define what it means for a compact manifold with corners to be a "contractible manifold with contractible faces." Two combinatorially equivalent, contractible manifolds with contractible faces are diffeomorphic if and only if their 4-dimensional faces are diffeomorphic. It follows that two simple convex polytopes are combinatorially equivalent if and only if they are diffeomorphic as manifolds with corners. On the other hand, by a result of Akbulut, for each n > 3, there are smooth, contractible n-manifolds with contractible faces which are combinatorially equivalent but not diffeomorphic. Applications are given to rigidity questions for reflection groups and smooth torus actions.
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@article{arxiv.1306.6046,
title = {When are two Coxeter orbifolds diffeomorphic?},
author = {Michael W. Davis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.6046},
year = {2014}
}
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