On hyperbolic groups with spheres as boundary

DOI10.4310/JDG/1299766682zbMATH Open1216.53043arXiv0911.3725OpenAlexW2104226326WikidataQ115171014 ScholiaQ115171014MaRDI QIDQ531752FDOQ531752

Authors: Wolfgang Lück, Shmuel Weinberger, Arthur Bartels 

Publication date: 20 April 2011

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let G be a torsion-free hyperbolic group and let n > 5 be an integer. We prove that G is the fundamental group of a closed aspherical manifold if the boundary of G is homeomorphic to an (n-1)-dimensional sphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.3725

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zbMATH Keywords

fundamental groupaspherical manifoldtorsion-free hyperbolic group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23)

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