Rigidity theorems for right angled reflection groups

Rosas, Ennis

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0951630-9

Rigidity theorems for right angled reflection groups
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Abstract:

Let $\Gamma$ be a right angled reflection group. Let $M$ and $M’$ be Coxeter manifolds. Then any $\Gamma$-map $f:M \to M’$ is $\Gamma$-homotopic to a homeomorphism

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