Compressible Spaces and \mathcal{E}\mathcal{Z}-Structures

DOI10.4064/FM972-7-2021arXiv2007.07764MaRDI QIDQ6345159FDOQ6345159

Authors: Craig R. Guilbault, Molly A. Moran, Kevin Schreve 

Publication date: 15 July 2020

Abstract: Bestvina introduced a $mathcalZ$-structure for a group $G$ to generalize the boundary of a CAT(0) or hyperbolic group. A refinement of this notion, introduced by Farrell and Lafont, includes a $G$-equivariance requirement, and is known as an $mathcalEmathcalZ$-structure. In this paper, we show that fundamental groups of graphs of nonpositively curved Riemannian $n$-manifolds admit $mathcalZ$-structures and graphs of negatively curved or flat $n$-manifolds admit $mathcalEmathcalZ$-structures. This generalizes a recent result of the first two authors with Tirel, which put $mathcalEmathcalZ$-structures on Baumslag-Solitar groups and $mathcalZ$-structures on generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on trees (20E08) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Geometric group theory (20F65) Cohomology of groups (20J06) Embeddings and immersions in PL-topology (57Q35) Discontinuous groups of transformations (57S30)

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