Groups acting on cubes and Kazhdan's property (T)

被引:41
作者
Niblo, GA [1 ]
Roller, MA
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Fac Math Studies, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Univ Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
关键词
geometric group theory ends; Kazhdan's property (T);
D O I
10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04463-3
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
We show that a group G contains a subgroup K with e(G,K) > 1 if and only if it admits an action on a connected cube that is transitive on the hyperplanes and has no fixed point. As a corollary we deduce that a countable group G with such a subgroup does not satisfy Kazhdan's property (T).
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页码:693 / 699
页数:7
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