Semi-simple actions of the Higman-Thompson groups \(T_n\) on finite-dimensional CAT(0) spaces (Q6174787)

Thompson's groups \(F\), \(T\) and \(V\) are finitely presented groups of homeomorphisms of the unit interval \([0, 1]\), the circle and the Cantor space,respectively. There are various generalizations of Thompson's groups, for example, the Higman-Thompson groups \(F_{n}\), \(T_{n}\) and \(V_{n}\) (these groups are ``\(n\)-adic'' versions of \(F\), \(T\) and \(V\), where \(n\) is a natural number greater than 2). In the paper under review, the author studies isometric actions on finite-dimensional \(\mathrm{CAT}(0)\) spaces for the Higman-Thompson groups \(T_{n}\). It is known that every semi-simple action of \(T\) on a complete \(\mathrm{CAT}(0)\) space of finite covering dimension has a global fixed point. After this result, the author proves that every semi-simple action of \(T_{n}\) on a complete \(\mathrm{CAT}(0)\) space of finite covering dimension has a global fixed point. In the proof the groups \(T_{n}\) are considered as ring groups of homeomorphisms of \(S^{1}\) introduced in [\textit{S. Kim} et al., Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 52, No. 4, 797--820 (2019; Zbl 1516.57053)].