Fixed point property for a CAT(0) space which admits a proper cocompact group action

DOI10.2996/KMJ/1458651696zbMATH Open1348.53051arXiv1102.0729OpenAlexW2963768527MaRDI QIDQ291004FDOQ291004

Authors: Tetsu Toyoda 

Publication date: 6 June 2016

Published in: Kodai Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that if a geodesically complete $mathrmCAT(0)$ space $X$ admits a proper cocompact isometric action of a group, then the Izeki-Nayatani invariant of $X$ is less than $1$. Let $G$ be a finite connected graph, $m{u}_1(G)$ be the linear spectral gap of $G$, and $lambd{a}_1(G,X)$ be the nonlinear spectral gap of $G$ with respect to such a $mathrmCAT(0)$ space $X$. Then, the result implies that the ratio $lambd{a}_1(G,X)/m{u}_1(G)$ is bounded from below by a positive constant which is independent of the graph $G$. It follows that any isometric action of a random group of the graph model on such $X$ has a global fixed point. In particular, any isometric action of a random group of the graph model on a Bruhat-Tits building associated to a semi-simple algebraic group has a global fixed point.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.0729

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zbMATH Keywords

CAT(0) spacefixed pointnonlinear spectral gap

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues, etc.) (05C50) Geometric group theory (20F65) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05) Metric geometry (51F99)

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