Contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit sets

We provide sufficient conditions as to when a boundary component of a cocompact convex set in a CAT(0){\rm{CAT}}\left(0)-space is contractible. We then use this to study when the limit set of a quasi-convex, codimension one subgroup of a negatively curved manifold group is “wild” in the boundary. Th...

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Main Authors: Bregman Corey, Incerti-Medici Merlin
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-12-01
Series:Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/agms-2024-0015
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description We provide sufficient conditions as to when a boundary component of a cocompact convex set in a CAT(0){\rm{CAT}}\left(0)-space is contractible. We then use this to study when the limit set of a quasi-convex, codimension one subgroup of a negatively curved manifold group is “wild” in the boundary. The proof is based on a notion of coarse upper curvature bounds in terms of barycenters and the careful study of interpolation in geodesic metric spaces.
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spelling doaj-art-fe3914b15c0648acb8e93f5619546a552024-12-10T07:29:34ZengDe GruyterAnalysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces2299-32742024-12-01121pp. 8810910.1515/agms-2024-0015Contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit setsBregman Corey0Incerti-Medici Merlin1Department of Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, United States of AmericaFakultät für Mathematik, Universität Wien, 1090 Wien, AustriaWe provide sufficient conditions as to when a boundary component of a cocompact convex set in a CAT(0){\rm{CAT}}\left(0)-space is contractible. We then use this to study when the limit set of a quasi-convex, codimension one subgroup of a negatively curved manifold group is “wild” in the boundary. The proof is based on a notion of coarse upper curvature bounds in terms of barycenters and the careful study of interpolation in geodesic metric spaces.https://doi.org/10.1515/agms-2024-0015cat(0) spacescartan-hadamard manifoldbarycenterscontractibilityquasi-convex codimension one subgroups53c2352a20 (primary)51f3020f6520f67 (secondary)
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Contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit sets
Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces
cat(0) spaces
cartan-hadamard manifold
barycenters
contractibility
quasi-convex codimension one subgroups
53c23
52a20 (primary)
51f30
20f65
20f67 (secondary)
title Contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit sets
title_full Contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit sets
title_fullStr Contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit sets
title_full_unstemmed Contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit sets
title_short Contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit sets
title_sort contractibility of boundaries of cocompact convex sets and embeddings of limit sets
topic cat(0) spaces
cartan-hadamard manifold
barycenters
contractibility
quasi-convex codimension one subgroups
53c23
52a20 (primary)
51f30
20f65
20f67 (secondary)
url https://doi.org/10.1515/agms-2024-0015
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