Statistically convex-cocompact actions of groups with contracting elements

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNY001zbMATH Open1516.20096arXiv1612.03648MaRDI QIDQ6280717FDOQ6280717

Publication date: 12 December 2016

Abstract: This paper presents a study of the asymptotic geometry of groups with contracting elements, with emphasis on a subclass of statistically convex-cocompact (SCC) actions. The class of SCC actions includes relatively hyperbolic groups, CAT(0) groups with rank-1 elements and mapping class groups, among others. We exploit an extension lemma to prove that a group with SCC actions contains large free sub-semigroups, has purely exponential growth and contains a class of barrier-free sets with a growth-tight property. Our study produces new results and recovers existing ones for many interesting groups through a unified and elementary approach.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Dynamics induced by group actions other than (mathbb{Z}) and (mathbb{R}), and (mathbb{C}) (37C85) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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