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The FAn Conjecture for Coxeter groups

Group Theory 2009-06-30 v3 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We study global fixed points for actions of Coxeter groups on nonpositively curved singular spaces. In particular, we consider property FA_n, an analogue of Serre's property FA for actions on CAT(0) complexes. Property FA_n has implications for irreducible representations and complex of groups decompositions. In this paper, we give a specific condition on Coxeter presentations that implies FA_n and show that this condition is in fact equivalent to FA_n for n=1 and 2. As part of the proof, we compute the Gersten-Stallings angles between special subgroups of Coxeter groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0509439,
  title  = {The FAn Conjecture for Coxeter groups},
  author = {Angela Kubena Barnhill},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0509439},
  year   = {2009}
}

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This is the version published by Algebraic & Geometric Topology on 19 November 2006