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Isometry groups of non-positively curved spaces: Structure Theory

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$A_1$-type subgroups containing regular unipotent elements

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Fixed points and amenability in non-positive curvature

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Isometry groups of non-positively curved spaces: Discrete subgroups

Nicolas Monod

We study lattices in non-positively curved metric spaces. Borel density is established in that setting as well as a form of Mostow rigidity. A converse to the flat torus theorem is provided. Geometric arithmeticity results are obtained after a detour throu ...

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Differential geometry applied to crystallography

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Some properties of non-positively curved lattices

Nicolas Monod

We announce results on the structure of CAT(0) groups, CAT(0) lattices and of the underlying spaces. Our statements rely notably on a general study of the full isometry groups of proper CAT(0) spaces. Classical statements about Hadamard manifolds are estab ...

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