The infinite associahedron and R. J. Thompson's group T

DOI10.1007/S40062-013-0046-3zbMATH Open1355.20032arXiv1303.4374OpenAlexW2011656149MaRDI QIDQ2018832FDOQ2018832

Authors: Ariadna Fossas Tenas 

Publication date: 25 March 2015

Published in: Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we construct a cellular complex which is an infinite analogue to Stasheff's associahedra. We prove that it is contractible and state that its (combinatorial) automorphism group is isomorphic to a semi-direct product of R.J. Thompson's group $T$ with $mathbbZ/2mathbbZ$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.4374

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zbMATH Keywords

automorphism groupscellular complexescontractible spacesR. J. Thompson's groupsStasheff's associahedra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General topology of complexes (57Q05) Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38)

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