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The Golodness of a simplicial complex is defined algebraically in terms of the Stanley-Reisner ring, and it has been a long-standing problem to find its combinatorial characterization. The tightness of a simplicial complex is a…

We show that the topological Pontryagin classes are algebraically independent in the rationalised cohomology of BTop(d) for all $d \geq 4$.

Genuine equivariant homotopy theory is equipped with a multitude of coherently commutative multiplication structures generalizing the classical notion of an $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-algebra. In this paper we study the…

This is a survey on coarse geometry with an emphasis on coarse homology theories.

We construct sphere fibrations over $(n-1)$-connected $2n$-manifolds such that the total space is a connected sum of sphere products. More precisely, for $n$ even, we construct fibrations $S^{n-1} \to \#^{k-1}(S^n \times S^{2n-1}) \to M_k$,…

One-dimensional persistent homology is arguably the most important and heavily used computational tool in topological data analysis. Additional information can be extracted from datasets by studying multi-dimensional persistence modules and…

We prove the equality $\cat(\phi)=\cd(\phi)$ for epimorphisms $\phi:\Gamma\to \Lambda$ between torsion-free, finitely generated almost nilpotent groups $\Gamma$ and $\Lambda$. In addition, we prove the equality $\cat(\phi)=\cd(\phi)$ for…

In this note, we present a new proof of the isomorphism $\pi_1(SO^+(p,q)) \cong \pi_1(SO(p))\times \pi_1(SO(q))$ using the long exact sequence associated to a fibration. While this formula is already known, the method of proof presented…

Given a simple connected compact Lie group $K$ and a maximal torus $T$ of $K$, the Weyl group $W=N_K(T)/T$ naturally acts on $T$. First, we use the combinatorics of the (extended) affine Weyl group to provide an explicit $W$-equivariant…

Mapping class groups satisfy cohomological stability. In this note we show how results by Bestvina and Fujiwara imply that the bounded cohomology does not stabilize, additionally we show that stabily polynomials in the Mumford-Morita-Miller…

In this paper we define a numerical shape invariant of a continuous map called shape dimension of a map, which generalizes the shape dimension of a topological space. Some basic properties and applications of this invariant are given. The…

The van Kampen-Flores theorem states that the $d$-skeleton of a $(2d+2)$-simplex does not embed into $\mathbb{R}^{2d}$. We prove the van Kampen-Flores theorem for triangulations of manifolds satisfying a certain condition on their…

We show that cancellation of free modules holds in the stable class $\Omega_3(\mathbb{Z})$ over dihedral groups of order $4n$. In light of a recent result on realizing $k$-invariants for these groups, this completes the proof that all all…

Given a connected 2-complex X with fundamental group G, we show how pi_3(X) may be computed as a module over Z[G]. Further we show that if X is a finite connected 2-complex with G (the fundamental group) finite of odd order, then the stable…

Wall's D(2) problem asks if a cohomologically 2-dimensional geometric 3-complex is necessarily homotopy equivalent to a geometric 2-complex. We solve part of the problem when the fundamental group is dihedral of order $2^n$, and offer a…

We obtain restrictions on the rational homotopy types of mapping spaces and of classifying spaces of homotopy automorphisms by means of the theory of positive weight decompositions. The theory applies, in particular, to connected components…

Given a finite connected 3-complex with cohomological dimension 2, we show it may be constructed up to homotopy by applying the Quillen plus construction to the Cayley complex of a finite group presentation. This reduces the D(2) problem to…

We show that the homological properties of a 5-manifold M with fundamental group G are encapsulated in a G-invariant stable form on the dual of the third syzygy of Z. In this notation one may express an even stronger version of Poincare…

We compute and explicitly describe the Bieri-Neumann-Strebel invariants $\Sigma^1$ for the full and pure braid groups of the sphere $\mathbb{S}^2$, the real projective plane $\mathbb{R}P^2$ and specially the torus $\mathbb{T}$ and the Klein…

Let $p$ be an odd prime and $R$ a $p$-torsion-free commutative $\mathbb{Z}_{(p)}$-algebra. We compute the periodic cyclic homology over $R$ of the universal differential graded algebra $R//p$ which is obtained from $R$ by universally…