Geodesic
CAT(0) groups with specified boundary
Ruane, Kim1
1Department of Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 6 (2006) no. 2, pp. 633-649
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We specify exactly which groups can act geometrically on CAT(0) spaces whose visual boundary is homeomorphic to either a circle or a suspension of a Cantor set.

DOI : 10.2140/agt.2006.6.633
Keywords: CAT(0) group, visual boundary, Tits boundary

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