Constructing group actions on quasi-trees and applications to mapping class groups

M Bestvina, K Bromberg, K Fujiwara - Publications mathématiques de l' …, 2015 - Springer
A quasi-tree is a geodesic metric space quasi-isometric to a tree. We give a general
construction of many actions of groups on quasi-trees. The groups we can handle include …

A characterization of higher rank symmetric spaces via bounded cohomology

M Bestvina, K Fujiwara - Geometric and Functional Analysis, 2009 - Springer
Let M be complete nonpositively curved Riemannian manifold of finite volume whose
fundamental group Γ does not contain a finite index subgroup which is a product of infinite …

Hyperbolic structures on groups

C Abbott, S Balasubramanya, D Osin - Algebraic & Geometric Topology, 2019 - msp.org
For every group G, we define the set of hyperbolic structures on G, denoted by ℋ (G), which
consists of equivalence classes of (possibly infinite) generating sets of G such that the …

Geometry of pseudocharacters

JF Manning - Geometry & Topology, 2005 - msp.org
If G is a group, a pseudocharacter f: G→ ℝ is a function which is “almost” a homomorphism. If
G admits a nontrivial pseudocharacter f, we define the space of ends of G relative to f and …

Tree approximation in quasi-trees

A Kerr - Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics, 2023 - ems.press
Tree approximation in quasi-trees Page 1 Groups Geom. Dyn. 17 (2023), 1193–1233 DOI
10.4171/GGD/733 © 2023 European Mathematical Society Published by EMS Press This work …

Property (QT) of relatively hierarchically hyperbolic groups

B Tao - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.20065, 2024 - arxiv.org
Using the projection complex machinery, Bestvina-Bromberg-Fujiwara, Hagen-Petyt and
Han-Nguyen-Yang prove that several classes of nonpositively-curved groups admit …

Quasi-trees, Lipschitz free spaces, and actions on

I Vergara - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.14186, 2024 - arxiv.org
We show that the Lipschitz free space of a countable simplicial quasi-tree is isomorphic to
$\ell^ 1$. As a consequence, every finitely generated group with Property (QT) of Bestvina …

Low degree bounded cohomology and -invariants for negatively curved groups

A Thom - Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics, 2009 - ems.press
We study the subgroup structure of discrete groups that share cohomological properties
which resemble non-negative curvature. Examples include all Gromov hyperbolic groups …

Hyperbolic structures on wreath products

S H. Balasubramanya - Journal of Group Theory, 2020 - degruyter.com
The study of the poset of hyperbolic structures on a group G was initiated by C. Abbott, S.
Balasubramanya and D. Osin,[Hyperbolic structures on groups, Algebr. Geom. Topol. 19 …

An Invitation to Coarse Groups

A Leitner, F Vigolo - arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.08591, 2022 - arxiv.org
In this monograph we lay the foundation for a theory of coarse groups and coarse actions.
Coarse groups are group objects in the category of coarse spaces, and can be thought of as …