Rank One Hilbert Geometries

arXiv1912.13013MaRDI QIDQ6503902FDOQ6503902

Authors: Mitul Islam 

Abstract: We introduce and study the notion of rank-one Hilbert geometries, or rank-one properly convex domains, in $mathbbP(mathbb{R}^{d+1})$. This is in the spirit of rank-one non-positively curved Riemannian manifolds. We define rank-one isometries of a Hilbert geometry $Omega$ and characterize them precisely as the contracting elements in the automorphism group $mAut(Omega)$ of the Hilbert geometry. We prove that if a discrete subgroup of $mAut(Omega)$ contains a rank-one isometry, then the subgroup is either virtually $mathbbZ$ or acylindrically hyperbolic. This leads to some applications like computation of the space of quasimorphisms, genericity results for rank-one isometries and counting results for closed geodesics.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Geometric structures on manifolds of high or arbitrary dimension (57N16) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Projective differential geometry (53A20)

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