CAT(0) cube complexes and virtually special groups

Sageev associated to a codimension 1 subgroup $H$ of a group $G$ a cube complex on which $G$ acts by isometries, and proved this cube complex is always CAT(0). Haglund and Wise developed a theory of special cube complexes, whose fundamental groups have many favorable properties. In this talk, the basics of this theory will be described, along with applications.

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Daniel Groves

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University of Illinois, Chicago