On fixed-point sets in the boundary of a CAT(0) space

Publication date: 24 October 2005

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the fixed-point set of an element of a CAT(0) group in its boundary. Suppose that a group

G

acts geometrically on a CAT(0) space

X

. Let

g i n G

and let

m a t h c a l F_{g}

be the fixed-point set of

g

in the boundary

p a r t i a l X

. Then we show that

m a t h c a l F_{g} = L (Z_{g})

, where

Z_{g}

is the centralizer of

g

(i.e.

Z_{g} = v i n G | g v = v g

) and

L (Z_{g})

is the limit set of

Z_{g}

in

p a r t i a l X

. Thus we obtain that

m a t h c a l F_{g} e q e m p t y s e t

if and only if the set

Z_{g}

is infinite. We also show that if

g

is a hyperbolic isometry, then

m a t h c a l F_{g} = p a r t i a l M i n (g)

, where

p a r t i a l M i n (g)

is the boundary of the minimal set

M i n (g)

of

g

. This implies that the fixed-point set

m a t h c a l F_{g}

and the periodic-point set

m a t h c a l P_{g}

of

g

in

p a r t i a l X

have suspension forms.

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