Regular elements in CAT(0) groups.

DOI10.4171/GGD/195MaRDI QIDQ374096zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace, Gašper Zadnik

Publication date 28 October 2013

Published in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.4637

zbMATH Keywords

CAT(0) groupsflat closing conjecturehyperbolic isometriesindecomposable de Rham factorsregular elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67)

Abstract: Let X be a locally compact geodesically complete CAT(0) space and G be a discrete group acting properly and cocompactly on X. We show that G contains an element acting as a hyperbolic isometry on each indecomposable de Rham factor of X. It follows that if X is a product of d factors, then G contains free abelian group of rank d.

Review text

Summary: Let \(X\) be a locally compact geodesically complete CAT(0) space and \(\Gamma\) be a discrete group acting properly and cocompactly on \(X\). We show that \(\Gamma\) contains an element acting as a hyperbolic isometry on each indecomposable de Rham factor of \(X\). It follows that if \(X\) is a product of \(d\) factors, then \(\Gamma\) contains \(\mathbb Z^d\).

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