Divergence in lattices in semisimple Lie groups and graphs of groups

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-09-04882-XzbMath1260.20065arXiv0801.4141WikidataQ115289044 ScholiaQ115289044MaRDI QIDQ3559027

Cornelia Drutu, Shahar Mozes, Mark V. Sapir

Publication date: 11 May 2010

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4141

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic cones; irreducible lattices; mapping class groups; quasi-geodesics; pseudo-Anosov elements; semi-simple Lie groups; groups acting on simplicial trees; divergence functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F65: Geometric group theory

57M07: Topological methods in group theory

22E46: Semisimple Lie groups and their representations

22E40: Discrete subgroups of Lie groups

20F69: Asymptotic properties of groups

20E08: Groups acting on trees

37A15: General groups of measure-preserving transformations and dynamical systems

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