The Tits boundary of a CAT(0) 2-complex

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 357, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1627-1661

  Xie, Xiangdong ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Complex; CAT(0); Quasi isometry; Quasiflat; Tits boundary; Tits metric

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244422711     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-04-03575-5     Document Type: Article

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