Rank Rigidity for Cat(0) Cube Complexes

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 851-891

  Caprace, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Sageev, Michah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CAT(0) space; cube complex; Rank rigidity; rank one isometry; Tits alternative

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051697167     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-011-0126-7     Document Type: Article

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