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Periodic maximal flats are not peripheral

Geometric Topology 2009-09-17 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We prove that every non-positively curved locally symmetric manifold M of finite volume contains a compact set K such that no periodic maximal flat can be homotoped out of K.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0909.2899,
  title  = {Periodic maximal flats are not peripheral},
  author = {Alexandra Pettet and Juan Souto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.2899},
  year   = {2009}
}
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