Constructing group actions on quasi-trees and applications to mapping class groups

DOI10.1007/s10240-014-0067-4zbMath1372.20029arXiv1006.1939OpenAlexW2092490925WikidataQ104126127 ScholiaQ104126127MaRDI QIDQ897004

Mladen Bestvina, Koji Fujiwara, Kenneth W. Bromberg

Publication date: 16 December 2015

Published in: Publications Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.1939

zbMATH Keywords

hyperbolic groupsmapping class groupsasymptotic dimensionquasi-treeCAT(0) groupsgroup actions on quasi-treesorbit maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34) Groups acting on trees (20E08)

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