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CAT(0) spaces with boundary the join of two Cantor sets

Metric Geometry 2014-10-01 v4 Group Theory Geometric Topology

Abstract

We will show that if a proper complete CAT(0) space X has a visual boundary homeomorphic to the join of two Cantor sets, and X admits a geometric group action by a group containing a subgroup isomorphic to Z^2, then its Tits boundary is the spherical join of two uncountable discrete sets. If X is geodesically complete, then X is a product, and the group has a finite index subgroup isomorphic to a lattice in the product of two isometry groups of bounded valence bushy trees.

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@article{arxiv.1204.1047,
  title  = {CAT(0) spaces with boundary the join of two Cantor sets},
  author = {Khek Lun Harold Chao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.1047},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

14 pages, 2 figures; v4: added a missing assumption in the main results