The Borel Conjecture for hyperbolic and CAT(0)-groups
Geometric Topology
2010-03-26 v2 K-Theory and Homology
Abstract
We prove the Borel Conjecture for a class of groups containing word-hyperbolic groups and groups acting properly, isometrically and cocompactly on a finite dimensional CAT(0)-space.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0901.0442,
title = {The Borel Conjecture for hyperbolic and CAT(0)-groups},
author = {Arthur Bartels and Wolfgang Lueck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.0442},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
44 pages, in the revised version we have only made small changes in the exposition, e.g. added summaries to all sections