Mathematics – Group Theory
Scientific paper
1998-11-03
Mathematics
Group Theory
43 pages
Scientific paper
Let G be a group and let M be a CAT(0) proper metric space (e.g. a simply connected complete Riemannian manifold of non-positive sectional curvature or a locally finite tree). Isometric actions of G on M are (by definition) points in the space R := Hom(G, Isom(M)) with the compact open topology. Sample theorems: 1. The cocompact actions form an open subset of R. 2. The cocompact actions with discrete orbits whose point-stabilizers have type F_n form an open subset of the subspace of R consisting of all actions with discrete orbits. (F_1 means finitely generated, F_2 means finitely presented etc.) The key idea is to introduce a new "controlled topology" invariant of such actions - dependent on n - which is unfamiliar when the orbits are not discrete but which becomes familiar (cf 2.) when the orbits are discrete. (This is the first of two papers.)
Bieri Robert
Geoghegan Ross
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