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CAT(0) groups and Coxeter groups whose boundaries are scrambled sets

Group Theory 2008-02-05 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

In this paper, we study CAT(0) groups and Coxeter groups whose boundaries are scrambled sets. Suppose that a group GG acts geometrically (i.e. properly and cocompactly by isometries) on a CAT(0) space XX. (Such group GG is called a {\it CAT(0) group}.) Then the group GG acts by homeomorphisms on the boundary X\partial X of XX and we can define a metric dXd_{\partial X} on the boundary X\partial X. The boundary X\partial X is called a {\it scrambled set} if for any α,βX\alpha,\beta\in\partial X with αβ\alpha\neq\beta, (1) lim sup{dX(gα,gβ)gG}>0\limsup\{d_{\partial X}(g\alpha,g\beta) | g\in G\}>0 and (2) lim inf{dX(gα,gβ)gG}=0\liminf\{d_{\partial X}(g\alpha,g\beta) | g\in G\}=0. We investigate when are boundaries of CAT(0) groups (and Coxeter groups) scrambled sets.

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@article{arxiv.0802.0405,
  title  = {CAT(0) groups and Coxeter groups whose boundaries are scrambled sets},
  author = {Tetsuya Hosaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0405},
  year   = {2008}
}

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28 pages

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