Dynamics on the Morse Boundary

DOI10.1007/S10711-021-00600-7arXiv1905.01404MaRDI QIDQ6318191FDOQ6318191

Authors: Qing Liu 

Publication date: 3 May 2019

Abstract: Let $X$ be a proper geodesic metric space and let $G$ be a group of isometries of $X$ which acts geometrically. Cordes constructed the Morse boundary of $X$ which generalizes the contracting boundary for CAT(0) spaces and the visual boundary for hyperbolic spaces. We characterize Morse elements in $G$ by their fixed points on the Morse boundary $partia{l}_{M}X$. The dynamics on the Morse boundary is very similar to that of a $delta$-hyperbolic space. In particular, we show that the action of $G$ on $partia{l}_{M}X$ is minimal if $G$ is not virtually cyclic. We also get a uniform convergence result on the Morse boundary which gives us a weak north-south dynamics for a Morse isometry. This generalizes the work of Murray in the case of the contracting boundary of a CAT(0) space.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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