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Translation numbers of groups acting on quasiconvex spaces
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Computational and Geometric Aspects of Modern Algebra
We define a group to be translation discrete if it carries a metric in which the translation numbers of the non-torsion elements are bounded away from zero. We define the notion of quasiconvex space which generalizes the notion of both CAT(0) and Gromov-hyperbolic spaces. We show that a cocompact group of isometries acting properly discontinuously cocompactly on a proper quasiconvex metric space is translation discrete if and only if it does not contain an essential Baumslag-Solitar quotient.
doi:10.1017/cbo9780511600609.003
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