## Algebraic & Geometric Topology

### Coarse medians and Property A

#### Abstract

We prove that uniformly locally finite quasigeodesic coarse median spaces of finite rank and at most exponential growth have Property A. This offers an alternative proof of the fact that mapping class groups have Property A.

#### Article information

Source
Algebr. Geom. Topol., Volume 17, Number 4 (2017), 2481-2498.

Dates
Accepted: 8 February 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 16 November 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1510841448

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/agt.2017.17.2481

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3842848

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
06762696

Subjects
Secondary: 30L05: Geometric embeddings of metric spaces

#### Citation

Špakula, Ján; Wright, Nick. Coarse medians and Property A. Algebr. Geom. Topol. 17 (2017), no. 4, 2481--2498. doi:10.2140/agt.2017.17.2481. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1510841448

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