A Model for the Universal Space for Proper Actions of a Hyperbolic Group

dc.creatorMeintrup, David
dc.creatorSchick, Thomas
dc.date2002-09-13
dc.date2007-02-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:47:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:47:46Z
dc.descriptionLet $G$ be a word hyperbolic group in the sense of Gromov and $P$ its associated Rips complex. We prove that the fixed point set $P^H$ is contractible for every finite subgroups $H$ of $G$. This is the main ingredient for proving that $P$ is a finite model for the universal space $e.g.$ of proper actions. As a corollary we get that a hyperbolic group has only finitely many conjugacy classes of finite subgroups.
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dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209163
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209163
dc.identifierNew York J. Math., 8:1--7 (electronic), 2002
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/124279
dc.subjectMetric Geometry
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.subject20F67, 55R35, 57M07
dc.titleA Model for the Universal Space for Proper Actions of a Hyperbolic Group
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