Cubulated groups: thickness, relative hyperbolicity, and simplicial boundaries

DOI10.4171/GGD/360MaRDI QIDQ2630769zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark F. Hagen, Jason A. Behrstock

Publication date 22 July 2016

Published in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0182

zbMATH Keywords

boundarycube complexcubulated grouprelatively hyperbolic groupsimplicial boundarythick groupthick metric space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

Abstract: Let G be a group acting geometrically on a CAT(0) cube complex X. We prove first that G is hyperbolic relative to the collection P of subgroups if and only if the simplicial boundary of X is the disjoint union of a nonempty discrete set, together with a pairwise-disjoint collection of subcomplexes corresponding, in the appropriate sense, to elements of P. As a special case of this result is a new proof, in the cubical case, of a Theorem of Hruska--Kleiner regarding Tits boundaries of relatively hyperbolic CAT(0) spaces. Second, we relate the existence of cut-points in asymptotic cones of a cube complex X to boundedness of the 1-skeleton of the boundary of X. We deduce characterizations of thickness and strong algebraic thickness of a group G acting properly and cocompactly on the CAT(0) cube complex X in terms of the structure of, and nature of the G-action on, the boundary of X. Finally, we construct, for each n,k, infinitely many quasi-isometry types of group G such that G is strongly algebraically thick of order n, has polynomial divergence of order n+1, and acts properly and cocompactly on a k-dimensional CAT(0) cube complex.

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Summary: Let \(G\) be a group acting geometrically on a \(\operatorname{CAT}(0)\) cube complex \(\mathbf X\). We prove first that \(G\) is hyperbolic relative to the collection \(\mathbb P\) of subgroups if and only if the simplicial boundary \(\partial_{\triangle} \mathbf X\) is the disjoint union of a nonempty discrete set, together with a pairwise-disjoint collection of subcomplexes corresponding, in the appropriate sense, to elements of \(\mathbb P\). As a special case of this result is a new proof, in the cubical case, of a Theorem of \textit{G. C. Hruska} and \textit{B. Kleiner} [Geom. Topol. 9, 1501--1538 (2005; Zbl 1087.20034)] regarding Tits boundaries of relatively hyperbolic \(\operatorname{CAT}(0)\) spaces. Second, we relate the existence of cut-points in asymptotic cones of a cube complex \(\mathbf X\) to boundedness of the 1-skeleton of \(\partial_{\triangle} \mathbf X\). We deduce characterizations of thickness and strong algebraic thickness of a group \(G\) acting properly and cocompactly on the \(\operatorname{CAT}(0)\) cube complex \(\mathbf X\) in terms of the structure of, and nature of the \(G\)-action on, \(\partial_{\triangle} \mathbf X\). Finally, we construct, for each \(n\geq 0, k\geq 2\), infinitely many quasi-isometry types of group \(G\) such that \(G\) is strongly algebraically thick of order \(n\), has polynomial divergence of order \(n+1\), and acts properly and cocompactly on a \(k\)-dimensional \(\operatorname{CAT}(0)\) cube complex.

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