Cubical approximation conjecture

Let PP and QQ be two cubes, and let f:V(P)V(Q)f:V(P)\rightarrow V(Q). A cubical map is a map between the corresponding cubical face complexes that sends each cube into a cube. Cubical approximation conjecture. There exists N0N\geq 0 and a cubical map

g:csdNPQg:\mathsf{csd}^N P\rightarrow Q

such that for each vV(P)v\in V(P) one has f(v)=g(v)f(v)=g(v), where QQ is identified with its face complex. Here csd\mathsf{csd} denotes the cubical subdivision, obtained by taking the Cartesian product of the barycentric subdivisions of the one-dimensional cubes whose product defines the cube. This is proposed as a first step toward a cubical analogue of the simplicial approximation theorem; the source does not provide a resolution.

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Frédéric Meunier, “Polytopal complexes: maps, chain complexes and... necklaces”, arXiv:0806.1488 (2008).

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