Fixed points of isometries at infinity in homogeneous spaces (Q1103888)

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Fixed points of isometries at infinity in homogeneous spaces
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    Fixed points of isometries at infinity in homogeneous spaces (English)
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    Let M be a simply connected homogeneous Riemannian manifold of nonpositive curvature and let G be a solvable Lie group of isometries that acts simply and transitively on M. In this paper, we describe the set of fixed points of G at infinity and we classify all isometries defined by elements of G when M has no de Rham flat factor. Some results about the points at infinity that can be joined by a geodesic to a fixed point of G are obtained.
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    homogeneous Riemannian manifold
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    nonpositive curvature
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    fixed points
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    isometries
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    points at infinity
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    geodesic
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