Fixed points and amenability in non-positive curvature

DOI10.1007/S00208-012-0879-9zbMATH Open1280.53037arXiv1203.1058OpenAlexW2159689451MaRDI QIDQ2392795FDOQ2392795

Authors: Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace, Nicolas Monod 

Publication date: 2 August 2013

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Consider a proper cocompact CAT(0) space X. We give a complete algebraic characterisation of amenable groups of isometries of X. For amenable discrete subgroups, an even narrower description is derived, implying Q-linearity in the torsion-free case. We establish Levi decompositions for stabilisers of points at infinity of X, generalising the case of linear algebraic groups to Is(X). A geometric counterpart of this sheds light on the refined bordification of X (`a la Karpelevich) and leads to a converse to the Adams-Ballmann theorem. It is further deduced that unimodular cocompact groups cannot fix any point at infinity except in the Euclidean factor; this fact is needed for the study of CAT(0) lattices. Various fixed point results are derived as illustrations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1058

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zbMATH Keywords

cocompact CAT\((0)\) space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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