On the commability and quasi-isometry classification of focal groups

DOI10.1512/iumj.2015.64.5441zbMath1387.22006arXiv1306.4194MaRDI QIDQ5248691

Yves De Cornulier

Publication date: 8 May 2015

Published in: Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4194

zbMATH Keywords

locally compact groups; quasi-isometric classification; Gromov-hyperbolic groups; compacting automorphisms; commability; millefeuille spaces; focal groups; topological FC-center

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F65: Geometric group theory

53C30: Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds

22D45: Automorphism groups of locally compact groups

57M07: Topological methods in group theory

20F67: Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups

57S30: Discontinuous groups of transformations

22D05: General properties and structure of locally compact groups

20E08: Groups acting on trees

57S20: Noncompact Lie groups of transformations

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