Ping pong on CAT(0) cube complexes
Abstract
Let be a group acting properly and essentially on an irreducible, non-Euclidean finite dimensional CAT(0) cube complex without fixed points at infinity. We show that for any finite collection of simultaneously inessential subgroups in , there exists an element of infinite order such that , . We apply this to show that any group, acting faithfully and geometrically on a non-Euclidean possibly reducible CAT(0) cube complex, has property i.e. given any finite list of elements from , there exists of infinite order such that , . This applies in particular to the Burger-Moses simple groups that arise as lattices in products of trees. The arguments utilize the action of the group on its Poisson boundary and moreover, allow us to summarise equivalent conditions for the reduced -algebra of the group to be simple.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1507.05744,
title = {Ping pong on CAT(0) cube complexes},
author = {Aditi Kar and Michah Sageev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.05744},
year = {2016}
}