The common finite cover conjecture for special cube complexes

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Let XX and X′X' be special cube complexes with isomorphic universal covers. A finite-sheeted cover of XX and a finite-sheeted cover of X′X' are said to be common finite covers when they are isomorphic.

Common finite cover conjecture. There exist finite-sheeted covers

X^⟶X\hat{X} \longrightarrow X

and

X^′⟶X′\hat{X}' \longrightarrow X'

such that X^≅X^′\hat{X} \cong \hat{X}'.

This is a proposed generalization of Leighton's graph covering theorem, and it is intended to provide a route from a common model geometry to commensurability. The context identifies it as a problem first asked by Haglund; its resolution is not established here.

References

Primary source

Emily Stark and Daniel Woodhouse, “Quasi-isometric groups with no common model geometry”, arXiv:1711.05026 (2018).

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