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Proper actions of Grigorchuk groups on a CAT(0) cube complex

Published inGeometriae dedicata, vol. 218, no. 6
Publication date2024-12
First online date2024-10-22
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In this paper we will present a construction of a CAT(0) cube complex (an infinite cube), on which the uncountable family of Grigorchuk groups $$G_\omega $$ G ω act without bounded orbit. Moreover, if the sequence $$\omega $$ ω does not contain repetition, we prove that the action is proper and faithful. As a consequence of this result, this cube complex is a model for the classifying space of proper actions for all the groups $$G_\omega $$ G ω with $$\omega $$ ω without repetition. This construction works in a general way for any group acting on a set and which admits a commensurated subset. These examples of non-elliptic actions of infinite finitely generated torsion groups on a non-positively curved cube complex contrast to several established fixed-point theorems concerning actions of torsion groups.

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SCHNEEBERGER, Grégoire. Proper actions of Grigorchuk groups on a CAT(0) cube complex. In: Geometriae dedicata, 2024, vol. 218, n° 6. doi: 10.1007/s10711-024-00948-6
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