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Weak amenability of CAT(0) cubical groups

Operator Algebras 2007-05-23 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We prove that if G is a discrete group that admits a metrically proper action on a finite-dimensional CAT(0) cube complex X, then G is weakly amenable. We do this by constructing uniformly bounded Hilbert space representations for which the quantities z^{l(g)} are matrix coefficients. Here l is a length function on G obtained from the combinatorial distance function on the complex X.

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@article{arxiv.math/0702568,
  title  = {Weak amenability of CAT(0) cubical groups},
  author = {Nigel Higson and Erik Guentner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702568},
  year   = {2007}
}

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22 pages

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