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Equidistribution of Common Perpendicular Arcs
2019
In this chapter, we prove the equidistribution of the initial and terminal vectors of common perpendiculars of convex subsets, at the universal covering space level, for Riemannian manifolds and for metric and simplicial trees.
Homeomorphic graph manifolds: A contribution to the μ constant problem
1999
Abstract We give a characterization, in terms of homological data in covering spaces, of those maps between (3-dimensional) graph manifolds which are homotopic to homeomorphisms. As an application we give a condition on a cobordism between graph manifolds that guarantees that they are homeomorphic. This in turn is applied to give a partial result on the μ -constant problem in (complex) dimension three.
Transitive factorizations in the hyperoctahedral group
2008
The classical Hurwitz enumeration problem has a presentation in terms of transitive factor- izationsin the symmetric group. This presentationsuggestsageneralizationfromtypeAto otherfinite reflection groups and, in particular, to type B.W e study this generalization both from ac ombinatorial and a geometric point of view, with the prospect of providing am eans of understanding more of the structure of the moduli spaces of maps with an S2-symmetry. The type A case has been well studied and connects Hurwitz numbers to the moduli space of curves. W ec onjecture an analogous setting for the type B case that is studied here. 1I ntroduction Transitive factorizations of permutations into transposit…
Some remarks on universal covers and groups
2014
We give a quick reviw of problems concerning the topological behavior of contractible covering spaces, from the point of view of the topology at infinity.
A Group-theoretical Finiteness Theorem
2008
We start with the universal covering space $${\*M^n}$$ of a closed n-manifold and with a tree of fundamental domains which zips it $${T\longrightarrow\*M^n}$$ . Our result is that, between T and $${\* M^n}$$ , is an intermediary object, $${T\stackrel{p} {\longrightarrow} G \stackrel{F}{\longrightarrow} \*M^n}$$ , obtained by zipping, such that each fiber of p is finite and $${T\stackrel{p}{\longrightarrow}G\stackrel{F}{\longrightarrow} \*M^n}$$ admits a section.
Duality, projectivity, and unification in Łukasiewicz logic and MV-algebras
2013
AbstractWe prove that the unification type of Łukasiewicz (infinite-valued propositional) logic and of its equivalent algebraic semantics, the variety of MV-algebras, is nullary. The proof rests upon Ghilardiʼs algebraic characterisation of unification types in terms of projective objects, recent progress by Cabrer and Mundici in the investigation of projective MV-algebras, the categorical duality between finitely presented MV-algebras and rational polyhedra, and, finally, a homotopy-theoretic argument that exploits lifts of continuous maps to the universal covering space of the circle. We discuss the background to such diverse tools. In particular, we offer a detailed proof of the duality …
Riemann surfaces and Teichmüller theory
2017
Riemannin pinnat ja Teichmüller-teoriaa. Tämän työn päämääränä on määritellä Riemannin pintojen Teichmüller-avaruudet sekä tutkia niiden geometrisia ominaisuuksia. Ensin työssä kehitetään peiteavaruuksien ja toimintojen teoriaa, jota sovelletaan Möbius-kuvauksista koostuviin ryhmiin. Tämän jälkeen kvasikonformaalikuvaukset määritellään Riemannin pinnoille ja niiden yhteyttä yhdesti yhtenäisten Riemannin avaruuksien kvasikonformikuvauksiin tutkitaan. Näitä tietoja sekä yhdesti yhtenäisten Riemannin pintojen uniformisaatiolausetta hyödyntämällä todistetaan yleisten Riemannin pintojen uniformisaatiolause. Tämä tulos liittää pinnat Möbius-kuvauksien toimintoihin yhdesti yhtenäisillä Riemannin p…