Characterizing hyperbolic spaces and real trees

DOI10.1007/S10711-009-9363-4zbMATH Open1180.53045arXiv0810.1526OpenAlexW2044671590MaRDI QIDQ735052FDOQ735052

Authors: Roberto Frigerio, Alessandro Sisto 

Publication date: 14 October 2009

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let X be a geodesic metric space. Gromov proved that there exists k>0 such that if every sufficiently large triangle T satisfies the Rips condition with constant k times pr(T), where pr(T) is the perimeter T, then X is hyperbolic. We give an elementary proof of this fact, also giving an estimate for k. We also show that if all the triangles T in X satisfy the Rips condition with constant k times pr(T), then X is a real tree. Moreover, we point out how this characterization of hyperbolicity can be used to improve a result by Bonk, and to provide an easy proof of the (well-known) fact that X is hyperbolic if and only if every asymptotic cone of X is a real tree.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1526

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic conereal treedetourGromov-hyperbolicRips condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Direct methods ((G)-spaces of Busemann, etc.) (53C70)

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