Asymptotic cones and boundaries of CAT(0) groups

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2021.70.8552arXiv1805.06993MaRDI QIDQ6301739FDOQ6301739

Publication date: 17 May 2018

Abstract: It is well known that the Tits boundary of a proper cocompact CAT(0) space embeds into every asymptotic cone of the space. We explore the relationships between the asymptotic cones of a CAT(0) space and its boundary under both the standard visual (i.e. cone) topology and the Tits metric. We show that the set of asymptotic cones of a proper cocompact CAT(0) space admits canonical connecting maps under which the direct limit is isometric to the Euclidean cone on the Tits boundary. The resulting projection from any asymptotic cone to the Tits boundary is determined by the visual topology; on the other hand, the visual topology can be recovered from the connecting maps between asymptotic cones. We also demonstrate how maps between asymptotic cones induce maps between Tits boundaries.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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