Abstract
We introduce the class of nonpositively curved 2–complexes with the Isolated Flats Property. These 2–complexes are, in a sense, hyperbolic relative to their flats. More precisely, we show that several important properties of Gromov-hyperbolic spaces hold “relative to flats” in nonpositively curved 2–complexes with the Isolated Flats Property. We introduce the Relatively Thin Triangle Property, which states roughly that the fat part of a geodesic triangle lies near a single flat. We also introduce the Relative Fellow Traveller Property, which states that pairs of quasigeodesics with common endpoints fellow travel relative to flats, in a suitable sense. The main result of this paper states that in the setting of 2–complexes, the Isolated Flats Property is equivalent to the Relatively Thin Triangle Property and is also equivalent to the Relative Fellow Traveller Property.
Citation
G Christopher Hruska. "Nonpositively curved 2–complexes with isolated flats." Geom. Topol. 8 (1) 205 - 275, 2004. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2004.8.205
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