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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

A topological median structure on a topological space X is acontinuous map m:X^3->X satisfying certain axioms. A CAT(0)cube complex X has a natural median structure, where m(a,b,c) is theunique point that belongs to three l^1-gedesics that connect each pairab, ac, bc. In a work in progress, joint with Ken Bromberg and MichahSageev, we show that median structures on R^n are locally induced bycubulations of neighborhoods. The proof is by induction on n, andrequires us to prove the same theorem for ER homology manifolds.

Further information

Time:

05Sep
Sep 5th 2025
14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

Speaker:

Mladen Bestvina (University of Utah)

Series:

Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series