Simplicial Nonpositive Curvature
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چکیده
We introduce a family of conditions on a simplicial complex that we call local klargeness (k ≥ 6 is an integer). They are simply stated, combinatorial and easily checkable. One of our themes is that local 6-largeness is a good analogue of the nonpositive curvature: locally 6-large spaces have many properties similar to nonpositively curved ones. However, local 6-largeness neither implies nor is implied by nonpositive curvature of the standard metric. One can think of these results as a higher dimensional version of small cancellation theory. On the other hand, we show that k-largeness implies nonpositive curvature if k is sufficiently large. We also show that locally k-large spaces exist in arbitrary dimension. We use this to answer questions raised by D. Burago, M. Gromov and I. Leary.
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