Geometry of collapsing and free deformation retraction
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| author | Gorelov, Alexey |
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| contents | We show that a compact polyhedron $P$ collapses to a subpolyhedron $Q$ if and only if it admits a piecewise-linear free deformation retraction onto $Q$. We also consider further possibilities for invariant characterisations of collapsibility in terms of metrics; in this connection, we provide a partial correction to Isbell's claim that every injective metric space is freely contractible, and present a counterexample to a step in the original argument. |
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| publishDate | 2021 |
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| spellingShingle | Geometry of collapsing and free deformation retraction Gorelov, Alexey Geometric Topology 57Q05, 57Q25 We show that a compact polyhedron $P$ collapses to a subpolyhedron $Q$ if and only if it admits a piecewise-linear free deformation retraction onto $Q$. We also consider further possibilities for invariant characterisations of collapsibility in terms of metrics; in this connection, we provide a partial correction to Isbell's claim that every injective metric space is freely contractible, and present a counterexample to a step in the original argument. |
| title | Geometry of collapsing and free deformation retraction |
| topic | Geometric Topology 57Q05, 57Q25 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.16464 |