Topology and geometry of random 2-dimensional hypertrees
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Papers
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Discrete & Computational Geometry
Submitted:
Jul 2021
Accepted:
Jul 2021
Publication date:
2022
Abstract:
A hypertree, or $\mathbb{Q}$-acyclic complex, is a higher-dimensional analogue of a tree. We study random $2$-dimensional hypertrees according to the determinantal measure suggested by Lyons. We are especially interested in their topological and geometric properties. We show that with high probability, a random $2$-dimensional hypertree $T$ is aspherical, i.e.\ that it has a contractible universal cover. We also show that with high probability the fundamental group $\pi_1(T)$ is hyperbolic and has cohomological dimension $2$.
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