Topological properties of spaces admitting a coaxial homeomorphism

DOI10.2140/AGT.2020.20.601zbMATH Open1481.20155arXiv1611.01807OpenAlexW3106140015MaRDI QIDQ2175874FDOQ2175874

Ross Geoghegan, Craig R. Guilbault, M. Mihalik

Publication date: 30 April 2020

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Wright showed that, if a 1-ended simply connected locally compact ANR Y with pro-monomorphic fundamental group at infinity admits a proper Z-action, then that fundamental group at infinity can be represented by an inverse sequence of finitely generated free groups. Geoghegan and Guilbault strengthened that result, proving that Y also satisfies the crucial "semistability" condition. Here we get a stronger theorem with weaker hypotheses. We drop the pro-monomorphic hypothesis and simply assume that the Z-action is generated by what we call a "coaxial" homeomorphism. In the pro-monomorphic case every proper Z-action is generated by a coaxial homeomorphism, but coaxials occur in far greater generality (often embedded in a cocompact action). When the generator is coaxial, we obtain the sharp conclusion: Y is proper 2-equivalent to the product of a locally finite tree with a line. Even in the pro-monomorphic case this is new: it says that, from the viewpoint of fundamental group at infinity, the end of Y looks like the suspension of a totally disconnected compact set.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.01807

zbMATH Keywords

semistabilityfundamental group at infinitycoaxial homeomorphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10) Discontinuous groups of transformations (57S30)

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