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The Tits alternative for finite rank median spaces

Group Theory 2022-01-28 v3 Geometric Topology Metric Geometry

Abstract

We prove a version of the Tits alternative for groups acting on complete, finite rank median spaces. This shows that group actions on finite rank median spaces are much more restricted than actions on general median spaces. Along the way, we extend to median spaces the Caprace-Sageev machinery and part of Hagen's theory of unidirectional boundary sets.

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@article{arxiv.1708.01215,
  title  = {The Tits alternative for finite rank median spaces},
  author = {Elia Fioravanti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.01215},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Final version, incorporating referee comments; 33 pages, 2 figures