CAT(0) groups

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:actsOn gptkb:CAT(0)_space
gptkbp:citation Bridson, Martin R.; Haefliger, André. Metric Spaces of Non-Positive Curvature (1999)
Gromov, Mikhael. Hyperbolic Groups (1987)
Davis, Michael W. The Geometry and Topology of Coxeter Groups (2008)
gptkbp:defines groups that act geometrically (properly discontinuously, cocompactly, by isometries) on a CAT(0) space
gptkbp:example gptkb:Coxeter_groups
fundamental groups of non-positively curved manifolds
free abelian groups
right-angled Artin groups
gptkbp:field geometric group theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CAT(0) groups
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Mikhael_Gromov
gptkbp:openProblem Does every CAT(0) group have a finite-index subgroup with trivial center?
Does every CAT(0) group have a finite-index subgroup that splits as a direct product?
gptkbp:property CAT(0) groups are finitely presented
CAT(0) groups have solvable conjugacy problem
CAT(0) groups have solvable word problem
CAT(0) groups satisfy the Tits alternative
every hyperbolic group is a CAT(0) group
not every CAT(0) group is hyperbolic
torsion-free CAT(0) groups have finite cohomological dimension
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:hyperbolic_groups
non-positive curvature
cube complexes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Farrell–Jones_conjecture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6