At infinity of finite-dimensional CAT\((0)\) spaces

DOI10.1007/s00208-009-0381-1zbMath1184.53038arXiv0810.2895MaRDI QIDQ2655146

Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace, Alexander Lytchak

Publication date: 22 January 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.2895

zbMATH Keywords

filtering; geometric dimension; canonical fixed points at infinity; CAT\((0)\); telescopic dimension; topologically locally finite group; visual bordification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F65: Geometric group theory

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

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