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Description
Title
On State Complexes and Special Cube Complexes
Author(s)
Peterson, Valerie J.
Issue Date
2009
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Robert W. Ghrist
Department of Study
Mathematics
Discipline
Mathematics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Mathematics
Language
eng
Abstract
We find that state complexes are non-positively curved metric spaces, aspherical topological spaces, and have fundamental groups that are subgroups of right-angled Artin groups. In addition, we find that the property state is preserved when taking finite products, as is true in the case of special. Unlike special, however, state is not inherited by convex subcomplexes or finite covers; the latter fact is somewhat surprising to experts. Several other classification results are presented, along with methods for realization; we conclude with directions for further study. Numerous examples and figures supplement the text.
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