Boundaries of Baumslag-Solitar Groups
Abstract
A $\mathcal{Z}$-structure on a group $G$ was introduced by Bestvina in order to extend the notion of a group boundary beyond the realm of CAT(0) and hyperbolic groups. A refinement of this notion, introduced by Farrell and Lafont, includes a $G$-equivariance requirement, and is known as an $\mathcal{EZ}$-structure. The general questions of which groups admit $\mathcal{Z}$- or $\mathcal{EZ}$-structures remain open. In this paper we add to the current knowledge by showing that all Baumslag-Solitar groups admit $\mathcal{EZ}$-structures and all generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups admit $\mathcal{Z}$-structures.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- August 2018
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1808.07923
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1808.07923
- Bibcode:
- 2018arXiv180807923G
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Geometric Topology;
- 20F65
- E-Print:
- 18 pages, 3 figures