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Dynamics on the Morse Boundary

Geometric Topology 2019-05-07 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Let XX be a proper geodesic metric space and let GG be a group of isometries of XX which acts geometrically. Cordes constructed the Morse boundary of XX which generalizes the contracting boundary for CAT(0) spaces and the visual boundary for hyperbolic spaces. We characterize Morse elements in GG by their fixed points on the Morse boundary MX\partial_MX. The dynamics on the Morse boundary is very similar to that of a δ\delta-hyperbolic space. In particular, we show that the action of GG on MX\partial_MX is minimal if GG is not virtually cyclic. We also get a uniform convergence result on the Morse boundary which gives us a weak north-south dynamics for a Morse isometry. This generalizes the work of Murray in the case of the contracting boundary of a CAT(0) space.

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@article{arxiv.1905.01404,
  title  = {Dynamics on the Morse Boundary},
  author = {Qing Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.01404},
  year   = {2019}
}

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18 pages, 4 figures

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