Rigidity theorems for right angled reflection groups
Author:
Ennis Rosas
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 308 (1988), 837-848
MSC:
Primary 57S25; Secondary 57R99
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0951630-9
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951630
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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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