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Convex hull in CAT(0)
Let $X$ be complete $\mathop{CAT}(0)$-space and $K\subset X$ be a compact subset.
Is it true that convex hull of $K$ is compact?
Comments:
Convex hull of $K$ = intersection of all closed convex sets ...
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CAT(0) groups that does not act on CAT(0) cubical complex
CAT(0) groups are groups that act on a CAT(0) space properly and cocompactly. If a group acts on a CAT(0) cubical complex properly and cocompactly, then of course it is a CAT(0) Group. I am wondering ...
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Uniquely geodesic and CAT(0) spaces?
Improvement after J-M Schlenker's comment below :
This post has been divided into two parts, the second part is here.
Question : Is a finite dimensional metric space, uniquely geodesic if and only ...
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Topological spaces admitting CAT(1) metrics
Suppose that $X$ is a locally contractible completely metrizable topological space. Is it true that $X$ can be metrized as a (complete) CAT(1) metric space?
The only result in this direction I know is ...
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Gromov-Hausdorff limits of 2-dimensional Riemannian surfaces
Let $\{M_i\}$ be a sequence of 2-dimensional orientable closed surfaces of genus $g$ with smooth Riemannian metrics with the Gauss curvature at least $-1$ and diameter at most $D$. By the Gromov ...
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Embedding expanders in CAT(0) spaces
It is well-known that expanders are hard to embed into Hilbert (or $\ell^p$) spaces - any embedding of an expander with $n$ vertices has distortion $\Omega(\log n)$.
Can anyone provide a reference (...
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Does every CAT(0) space embed in a measurable integral of $\mathbb{R}$-trees?
Question 1. Does every CAT(0) space embed isometrically inside an integral of $\mathbb{R}$-trees?
Here an integral of $\mathbb{R}$ trees means the set of functions from a measure space $\mathcal{F}$ ...
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What are the extremal CAT(0) metrics?
(Split off from Does every CAT(0) space embed in a measurable integral of $\mathbb{R}$-trees? )
Fix an integer $k \ge 2$, and let
$MC0_k \subset \mathbb{R}^{\binom{k}{2}}$ be the set of possible ...
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In a locally CAT(k) space, does uniqueness of geodesics imply the lack of conjugate points?
A complete, simply connected Riemannian manifold has no conjugate points if and only if every geodesic is length-minimizing. I just realized that I don't know whether the same is true for a locally ...
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Alexandrov angles in Riemannian manifolds
Dear all, I am teaching a course in Riemannian geometry, and I would like to prove some comparison theorems in the next lessons, building on the well-known theory of Jacobi fields, and of Rauch ...
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Length inequalities in trees and CAT(0) spaces
I have a family of possibly related questions. Let me start with an elementary one:
Question 1. Fix an integer $n$. For which collections of real numbers $a_{ij}$, $i, j = 1, \dots, n$, is it true ...
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Smoothability of compact Alexandrov surfaces with curvature bounded from below
Let $(X,d)$ be compact metric space of curvature greater than $-1$ (in the sense of comparison triangles), assume that its Hausdorff dimension is $2$. Then a result of Perelman says that $X$ is a 2-...
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Generalized flag complex?
Assume we glue an $n$-dimensional simplicial complex $K$
from copies of an $n$-simplex $\Delta$ with fixed spherical metric.
We may think that $\Delta$ has colored vertices
and we glue so that the ...
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Geodesic line with endpoints in interior of Riemannian manifold or Alexandrov space
Let $X$ be a finite dimensional Alexandrov space with curvature bounded below and non-empty boundary. Let $\gamma$ be a shortest geodesic path in $X$ whose endpoints belong to the interior of $X$.
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When a Riemannian manifold with boundary is an Alexandrov space?
Let $M$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold (without boundary). Let $X\subset M$ be a smooth compact submanifold with boundary, $\dim X=\dim M$.
Under what conditions $X$, equipped with the induced ...
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Estimate of number of boundary components of a compact Riemannian 2-surface
Let $X$ be a compact smooth 2-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary. Assume that the Gauss curvature of $X$ is at least $-1$ and the diameter is at most $D$. Assume that near the boundary the ...
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Example of non-closed convex hull in a CAT(0) space
this is related to this question but is simpler, and hopefully is well-known. There are a number of references that say that the convex hull of a collection of points in a CAT(0) space need not be ...
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Bishop-Gromov volume comparison on manifolds with negligible negative Ricci curvature
Let us consider a complete Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $n$ with $Ric \geq 0$. Then the Bishop-Gromov volume comparison theorem says that for any $p \in M$, the function
$$ \frac{\text{Vol}(B(...
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