The CAT(0) conjecture for Coxeter simplex splittings

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Let WW be a Coxeter group, let S′⊂SS'\subset S be an infinite special subgroup of rank v+1v+1, and let Λ\Lambda be the vv-splitting of WW determined by S′S', obtained by adding the missing generators to the simplex-of-groups construction. The universal cover of this splitting is the simply connected complex on which WW acts with quotient a vv-simplex.

CAT(0) conjecture. The universal cover of the vv-splitting of WW determined by S′S' is CAT⁡(0)\operatorname{CAT}(0).

This conjecture would supply the nonpositive-curvature input needed to analyze the FAn conjecture for Coxeter groups. The paper proves the corresponding assertion in dimension 22, but the general statement remains open.

References

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Angela Kubena Barnhill, “The FAn Conjecture for Coxeter groups”, arXiv:math/0509439 (2009).

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