Remarks on Topological Rigidity of Real Moment-Angle Manifolds

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Main Author: Gkeneralis, Ioannis
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contents We study topological rigidity of real moment-angle manifolds associated to flag simplicial complexes. Using the cubical geometry arising from the Davis construction, we identify the universal cover with the Davis complex and deduce that it admits a CAT(0) metric. As a consequence, its fundamental group satisfies the Farrell--Jones conjecture. Applying surgery theory, we deduce that real moment-angle manifolds of dimension at least five associated to flag complexes satisfy the Borel Conjecture. We also explain why this rigidity phenomenon is specific to the real case and fails for complex and quaternionic moment-angle complexes.
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spellingShingle Remarks on Topological Rigidity of Real Moment-Angle Manifolds
Gkeneralis, Ioannis
Geometric Topology
Algebraic Topology
57S25, 57R67, 20F67, 55U10, 51F15
We study topological rigidity of real moment-angle manifolds associated to flag simplicial complexes. Using the cubical geometry arising from the Davis construction, we identify the universal cover with the Davis complex and deduce that it admits a CAT(0) metric. As a consequence, its fundamental group satisfies the Farrell--Jones conjecture. Applying surgery theory, we deduce that real moment-angle manifolds of dimension at least five associated to flag complexes satisfy the Borel Conjecture. We also explain why this rigidity phenomenon is specific to the real case and fails for complex and quaternionic moment-angle complexes.
title Remarks on Topological Rigidity of Real Moment-Angle Manifolds
topic Geometric Topology
Algebraic Topology
57S25, 57R67, 20F67, 55U10, 51F15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15462