Topological rigidity fails for quotients of the Davis complex

Stark, Emily

doi:10.1090/proc/13809

Topological rigidity fails for quotients of the Davis complex
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by Emily Stark

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 146 (2018), 5357-5366

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/13809

Published electronically: September 4, 2018

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Abstract:

A Coxeter group acts properly and cocompactly by isometries on the Davis complex for the group; we call the quotient of the Davis complex under this action the Davis orbicomplex for the group. We prove the set of finite covers of the Davis orbicomplexes for the set of one-ended Coxeter groups is not topologically rigid. We exhibit a quotient of a Davis complex by a one-ended right-angled Coxeter group which has two finite covers that are homotopy equivalent but not homeomorphic. We discuss consequences for the abstract commensurability classification of Coxeter groups.

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