Flats and the flat torus theorem in systolic spaces.

DOI10.2140/gt.2009.13.661zbMath1228.20033MaRDI QIDQ1006136

Tomasz Elsner

Publication date: 19 March 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2009.13.661

zbMATH Keywords

minimal surfaces; systolic complexes; systolic groups; flat tori

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F65: Geometric group theory

57M07: Topological methods in group theory

53C23: Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces

20F67: Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups

53C21: Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions

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