Cannon, Floyd, and Parry have studied subdivisions of the 2-sphere
extensively, especially those corresponding to 3-manifolds, in an attempt to
prove Cannon's conjecture. There has been a recent interest in generalizing
some of their tools, such as extremal length, to higher dimensions. We define
finite subdivision rules of dimension n, and find an n-1-dimensional finite
subdivision rule for the n-dimensional torus, using a well-known simplicial
decomposition of the hypercube. We hope to expand on this and find finite
subdivision rules for many higher-dimensional manifolds, including hyperbolic
n-manifolds.Comment: Accepted by Geometriae Dedicata; ublished version available onlin