3 papers
math.AT2025
-cells and general linear groups of finite fields
Soren Galatius, Alexander Kupers, Oscar Randal-Williams
We prove new homological stability results for general linear groups over finite fields. These results are obtained by constructing CW approximations to the classifying spaces of t…
math.AT2025
-cells and general linear groups of infinite fields
Soren Galatius, Alexander Kupers, Oscar Randal-Williams
We study the general linear groups of infinite fields (or more generally connected semi-local rings with infinite residue fields) from the perspective of -algebras. We pr…
math.GT2024
The Alexander trick for homology spheres
Soren Galatius, Oscar Randal-Williams
We show that the group of homeomorphisms of a compact contractible -manifold which fix the boundary is contractible, as long as . We deduce this from a strong uniquene…