Geodesic spaces of low Nagata dimension

We show that every geodesic metric space admitting an injective continuous map into the plane as well as every planar graph has Nagata dimension at most two, hence asymptotic dimension at most two. This relies on and answers a question in a recent work by Fujiwara and Papasoglu. We conclude that all three-dimensional Hadamard manifolds have Nagata dimension three. As a consequence, all such manifolds are absolute Lipschitz retracts.

On geometric polygroups

In this paper, we introduce a geodesic metric space called generalized Cayley graph (gCay(P,S)) on a finitely generated polygroup. We define a hyperaction of polygroup on gCayley graph and give some properties of this hyperaction. We show that gCayley graphs of a polygroup by two different generators are quasi-isometric. Finally, we express a connection between finitely generated polygroups and geodesic metric spaces.

Marked length rigidity for one-dimensional spaces

In a compact geodesic metric space of topological dimension one, the minimal length of a loop in a free homotopy class is well-defined, and provides a function [Formula: see text] (the value [Formula: see text] being assigned to loops which are not freely homotopic to any rectifiable loops). This function is the marked length spectrum. We introduce a subset [Formula: see text], which is the union of all non-constant minimal loops of finite length. We show that if [Formula: see text] is a compact, non-contractible, geodesic space of topological dimension one, then [Formula: see text] deformation retracts to [Formula: see text]. Moreover, [Formula: see text] can be characterized as the minimal subset of [Formula: see text] to which [Formula: see text] deformation retracts. Let [Formula: see text] be a pair of compact, non-contractible, geodesic metric spaces of topological dimension one, and set [Formula: see text]. We prove that any isomorphism [Formula: see text] satisfying [Formula: see text], forces the existence of an isometry [Formula: see text] which induces the map [Formula: see text] on the level of fundamental groups. Thus, for compact, non-contractible, geodesic spaces of topological dimension one, the marked length spectrum completely determines the subset [Formula: see text] up to isometry.

Fixed Points for Multivalued Convex Contractions on Nadler Sense Types in a Geodesic Metric Space

In 1969, based on the concept of the Hausdorff metric, Nadler Jr. introduced the notion of multivalued contractions. He demonstrated that, in a complete metric space, a multivalued contraction possesses a fixed point. Later on, Nadler’s fixed point theorem was generalized by many authors in different ways. Using a method given by Angrisani, Clavelli in 1996 and Mureşan in 2002, we prove in this paper that, for a class of convex multivalued left A-contractions in the sense of Nadler and the right A-contractions with a convex metric, the fixed points set is non-empty and compact. In this paper we present the fixed point theorems for convex multivalued left A-contractions in the sense of Nadler and right A-contractions on the geodesic metric space. Our results are particular cases of some general theorems, to the multivalued left A-contractions in the sense of Nadler and right A-contractions, and particular cases of the results given by Rus (1979, 2008), Nadler (1969), Mureşan (2002, 2004), Bucur, Guran and Petruşel (2009), Petre and Bota (2013), etc., and are applicable in many fields, such as economy, management, society, biology, ecology, etc.

Cogrowth for group actions with strongly contracting elements

Let $G$ be a group acting properly by isometries and with a strongly contracting element on a geodesic metric space. Let $N$ be an infinite normal subgroup of $G$ and let $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}_{N}$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}_{G}$ be the growth rates of $N$ and $G$ with respect to the pseudo-metric induced by the action. We prove that if $G$ has purely exponential growth with respect to the pseudo-metric, then $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}_{N}/\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}_{G}>1/2$. Our result applies to suitable actions of hyperbolic groups, right-angled Artin groups and other CAT(0) groups, mapping class groups, snowflake groups, small cancellation groups, etc. This extends Grigorchuk’s original result on free groups with respect to a word metric and a recent result of Matsuzaki, Yabuki and Jaerisch on groups acting on hyperbolic spaces to a much wider class of groups acting on spaces that are not necessarily hyperbolic.

The hyperbolicity constant of infinite circulant graphs

If X is a geodesic metric space and x1, x2, x3 ∈ X, a geodesic triangle T = {x1, x2, x3} is the union of the three geodesics [x1x2], [x2x3] and [x3x1] in X. The space X is δ-hyperbolic (in the Gromov sense) if any side of T is contained in a δ-neighborhood of the union of the two other sides, for every geodesic triangle T in X. Deciding whether or not a graph is hyperbolic is usually very difficult; therefore, it is interesting to find classes of graphs which are hyperbolic. A graph is circulant if it has a cyclic group of automorphisms that includes an automorphism taking any vertex to any other vertex. In this paper we prove that infinite circulant graphs and their complements are hyperbolic. Furthermore, we obtain several sharp inequalities for the hyperbolicity constant of a large class of infinite circulant graphs and the precise value of the hyperbolicity constant of many circulant graphs. Besides, we give sharp bounds for the hyperbolicity constant of the complement of every infinite circulant graph.

Geometric characterizations of virtually free groups

Four geometric conditions on a geodesic metric space, which are stronger variants of classical conditions characterizing hyperbolicity (featuring [Formula: see text]-thin polygons, the Gromov product or the mesh of triangles), are proved to be equivalent. They define the class of polygon hyperbolic geodesic metric spaces. In the particular case of the Cayley graph of a finitely generated group, it is shown that they characterize virtually free groups.

Quasi-Isometries Need Not Induce Homeomorphisms of Contracting Boundaries with the Gromov Product Topology

We consider a ‘contracting boundary’ of a proper geodesic metric space consisting of equivalence classes of geodesic rays that behave like geodesics in a hyperbolic space.We topologize this set via the Gromov product, in analogy to the topology of the boundary of a hyperbolic space. We show that when the space is not hyperbolic, quasi-isometries do not necessarily give homeomorphisms of this boundary. Continuity can fail even when the spaces are required to be CAT(0). We show this by constructing an explicit example.