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The free splitting graph of a free group $F_n$ with $n\geq 2$ generators is a hyperbolic ${\rm Out}(F_n)$-graph which has a geometric realization as a sphere graph in the connected sum of $n$ copies of $S^1\times S^2$. We use this…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Ursula Hamenstädt , Sebastian Hensel

In this note we study the limiting behaviour of real valued functions on hyperbolic groups as we travel along typical geodesic rays in the Gromov boundary of the group. Our results apply to group homomorphisms, certain quasimorphisms and to…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-04-28 Stephen Cantrell

Tree-graded spaces are generalizations of R-trees. They appear as asymptotic cones of groups (when the cones have cut points). Since many questions about endomorphisms and automorphisms of groups, solving equations over groups, studying…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Cornelia Drutu , Mark Sapir

The theme of this survey is that subgroups of the mapping class group of a finite type surface S can be studied via the geometric/dynamical properties of their action on the Thurston compactification of the Teichmuller space of S, just as…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lee Mosher

We define hyperbolic groupoids, generalizing the notion of a Gromov hyperbolic group. Examples of hyperbolic groupoids include actions of Gromov hyperbolic groups on their boundaries, pseudogroups generated by expanding self-coverings,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-12-20 Volodymyr Nekrashevych

In this paper we study group actions on hyperbolic $\Lambda$-metric spaces, where $\Lambda$ is an ordered abelian group. $\Lambda$-metric spaces were first introduced by Morgan and Shalen in their study of hyperbolic structures and then…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-14 Andrei-Paul Grecianu , Alexei Kvaschuk , Alexei Myasnikov , Denis Serbin

We introduce a number of new tools for the study of relatively hyperbolic groups. First, given a relatively hyperbolic group G, we construct a nice combinatorial Gromov hyperbolic model space acted on properly by G, which reflects the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2009-03-29 Daniel Groves , Jason Fox Manning

Our monograph presents the foundations of the theory of groups and semigroups acting isometrically on Gromov hyperbolic metric spaces. Our work unifies and extends a long list of results by many authors. We make it a point to avoid any…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-11-22 Tushar Das , David Simmons , Mariusz Urbański

A hyperbolic group acts by homeomorphisms on its Gromov boundary. We show that if this boundary is a topological n-sphere the action is topologically stable in the dynamical sense: any nearby action is semi-conjugate to the standard…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-08-21 Kathryn Mann , Jason Fox Manning

The first section of this modest survey reviews some basic notions and describes some families of examples, and the second section briefly indicates some general aspects of analysis on metric spaces. The remaining three sections are…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Stephen Semmes

In this two part work we prove that for every finitely generated subgroup $\Gamma < \text{Out}(F_n)$, either $\Gamma$ is virtually abelian or $H^2_b(\Gamma;\mathbb{R})$ contains an embedding of $\ell^1$. The method uses actions on…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Michael Handel , Lee Mosher

Let $G \curvearrowright X$ be a nonelementary action by isometries of a hyperbolic group $G$ on a hyperbolic metric space $X$. We show that the set of elements of $G$ which act as loxodromic isometries of $X$ is generic. That is, for any…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Ilya Gekhtman , Samuel J. Taylor , Giulio Tiozzo

A hyperbolic reflection group is a discrete group generated by reflections in the faces of an $n$-dimensional hyperbolic polyhedron. This survey article is dedicated to the study of arithmetic hyperbolic reflection groups with an emphasis…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-07-06 Mikhail Belolipetsky

This paper is devoted to a systematic study of the geometry of nondegenerate $\bbR^n$-actions on $n$-manifolds. The motivations for this study come from both dynamics, where these actions form a special class of integrable dynamical systems…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-03-19 Nguyen Tien Zung , Nguyen Van Minh

This is the first in a series of four papers (with research announcement posted on this arXiv) that together develop a decomposition theory for subgroups of Out(F_n). In this paper we develop further the theory of geometric EG strata of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-06-24 Michael Handel , Lee Mosher

We investigate the relationship between the metric boundary and the Gromov boundary of a hyperbolic metric space. We show that the Gromov boundary is a quotient topological space of the metric boundary, and that therefore a word-hyperbolic…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Corran Webster , Adam Winchester

How do analysts think about grouping and spatial operations? This overarching question incorporates a number of points for investigation, including understanding how analysts begin to explore a dataset, the types of grouping/spatial…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-08-24 John Wenskovitch , Chris North

We study several properties of expansive group actions on metric spaces and obtain relation between expansivity for subgroup and group actions. Through counter examples necessity of hypothesis are justified. We also study expansivity of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-08-01 Ali Barzanouni , Mahin Sadat Divandar , Ekta Shah

This paper is a survey on the {\em Zimmer program}. In it's broadest form, this program seeks an understanding of actions of large groups on compact manifolds. The goals of this survey are $(1)$ to put in context the original questions and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2008-12-06 David Fisher

This is survey about action of group on Hilbert geometry. It will be a chapter of the "Handbook of Hilbert geometry" edited by G. Besson, M. Troyanov and A. Papadopoulos.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-04-23 Ludovic Marquis