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Quasiflats with holes in reductive groups

Geometric Topology 2009-02-26 v3 Group Theory

Abstract

We give a new proof of a theorem of Kleiner-Leeb: that any quasi-isometrically embedded Euclidean space in a product of symmetric spaces and Euclidean buildings is contained in a metric neighborhood of finitely many flats, as long as the rank of the Euclidean space is not less than the rank of the target. A bound on the size of the neighborhood and on the number of flats is determined by the size of the quasi-isometry constants. Without using asymptotic cones, our proof focuses on the intrinsic geometry of symmetric spaces and Euclidean buildings by extending the proof of Eskin-Farb's quasiflat with holes theorem for symmetric spaces with no Euclidean factors.

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@article{arxiv.math/0401360,
  title  = {Quasiflats with holes in reductive groups},
  author = {Kevin Wortman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0401360},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

This is the version published by Algebraic & Geometric Topology on 24 February 2006