On the homotopy theory of complexes associated to metrical-hemisphere complexes (Q2366017)

The author considers a class of cellular complexes whose cells look like ordinary hemispheres. These are generalizations of the complexes dual to ``arrangements of pseudo-hemispheres''. To such a complex an associated complex is constructed depending on metrical properties of the given one. The main result concerns the fundamental group of this associated complex, in particular the solvability of the word problem. In special cases this leads to new examples where the associated complex is a \(k(\pi,1)\). Independently similar results have been obtained by \textit{A. Björner} and \textit{G. Ziegler} in J. Am. Math. Soc. 5, No. 1, 105-149 (1992; Zbl 0754.52003).