2019/09/26 by Michael Ben-Zvi, Ben-Zvi, Michael
Mathematics · #20F65 #20F67 #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Group Theory (math.GR) #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1909.12360
openalex publication_date 2019/09/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A seminal result in geometric group theory is that a 1-ended hyperbolic group has a locally connected visual boundary. As a consequence, a 1-ended hyperbolic group also has a path connected visual boundary. In this paper, we study when this phenomenon occurs for CAT(0) groups. We show if a 1-ended CAT(0) group with isolated flats acts geometrically on a CAT(0) space, then the visual boundary of the space is path connected. As a corollary, we prove all CAT(0) groups with isolated flats are semistable at infinity.