Geometry and topology of random 2-complexes

DOI10.1007/S11856-015-1240-2zbMATH Open1330.55016arXiv1307.3614OpenAlexW2963174234MaRDI QIDQ891189FDOQ891189

Michael Farber, A. E. Costa

Publication date: 16 November 2015

Published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study random 2-dimensional complexes in the Linial - Meshulam model and find torsion in their fundamental groups at various regimes. We find a simple algorithmically testable criterion for a subcomplex of a random 2-complex to be aspherical; this implies that any aspherical subcomplex of a random 2-complex satisfies the Whitehead conjecture. We use inequalities for Cheeger constants and systoles of simplicial surfaces to analyse spheres and projective planes lying in random 2-complexes. Our proofs exploit the strong hyperbolicity property of random 2-complexes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.3614

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zbMATH Keywords

random graphWhitehead conjecturerandom 2-complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random graphs (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C80) Simplicial sets and complexes in algebraic topology (55U10) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22)

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