Infinite systolic groups are not torsion

DOI10.4064/CM6982-6-2017zbMATH Open1405.20031arXiv1402.4421OpenAlexW3099823427MaRDI QIDQ4581978FDOQ4581978

Tomasz Prytuła

Publication date: 21 August 2018

Published in: Colloquium Mathematicum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study $k$-systolic complexes introduced by T. Januszkiewicz and J. '{S}wik{a}tkowski, which are simply connected simplicial complexes of simplicial nonpositive curvature. Using techniques of filling diagrams we prove that for $kgeq7$ the $1$-skeleton of a $k$-systolic complex is Gromov hyperbolic. We give an elementary proof of the so-called Projection Lemma, which implies contractibility of $6$-systolic complexes. We also present a new proof of the fact that an infinite group acting geometrically on a $6$-systolic complex is not torsion.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.4421

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zbMATH Keywords

simplicial nonpositive curvaturesystolic complexfilling diagram

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Group actions on combinatorial structures (05E18)

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• Simplicial nonpositive curvature
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