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Groups acting on CAT(0) cube complexes

Group Theory 2014-11-11 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We show that groups satisfying Kazhdan's property (T) have no unbounded actions on finite dimensional CAT(0) cube complexes, and deduce that there is a locally CAT(-1) Riemannian manifold which is not homotopy equivalent to any finite dimensional, locally CAT(0) cube complex.

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@article{arxiv.math/9702231,
  title  = {Groups acting on CAT(0) cube complexes},
  author = {Graham A. Niblo and Lawrence Reeves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9702231},
  year   = {2014}
}

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7 pages. Published copy, also available at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol1/paper1.abs.html