Group actions and Helly's theorem

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2009.06.004zbMath1177.22007arXiv0806.1692OpenAlexW2964268563MaRDI QIDQ734822

Benson Farb

Publication date: 14 October 2009

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1692

zbMATH Keywords

CAT(0) spacesHelly's theoremArithmetic groupsProperty FA

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40)

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