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arxiv: 1804.04630 · v3 · pith:74SET243new · submitted 2018-04-12 · 🧮 math.GR · math.CO· math.GT

Bisimplicial complexes and asphericity

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keywords bisimplicialbipartitecomplexesbisimplicescompletioncomplexflaggraphs
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We present a discrete Morse-theoretic method for proving that a regular CW complex is homeomorphic to a sphere. We use this method to define bisimplices, the cells of a class of regular CW complexes we call bisimplicial complexes. The 1-skeleta of bisimplices are complete bipartite graphs making them suitable in constructing higher dimensional skeleta for bipartite graphs. We show that the flag bisimplicial completion of a finite bipartite bi-dismantlable graph is collapsible. We use this to show that the flag bisimplicial completion of a quadric complex is contractible and to construct a compact K(G,1) for G a torsion-free quadric group.

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