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Measure-scaling quasi-isometries on graphs have specific scaling groups.

Bowditch's JSJ tree for splittings over 2-ended subgroups is a quasi-isometry invariant for 1-ended hyperbolic groups which are not cocompact Fuchsian. Our main result gives an explicit, computable "visual" construction of this tree for certain hyperbolic right-angled Coxeter groups. As an application of our constructi…

Study quasi-isometry invariants of square complexes and their applications.

The study classifies Heintze groups up to isometry and quasi-isometry in low dimensions.

Classifies certain graph 2-braid groups up to quasi-isometry.

Study introduces combinatorial criterion for quasi-isometry groups of Euclidean spaces.

This paper overviews recent developments in the classification up to quasi-isometry of finitely generated groups, and more specifically of relatively hyperbolic groups.

Survey on quasi-isometries of group pairs and their invariants.

Previously one of the authors constructed uncountable families of groups of type $FP$ and of $n$-dimensional Poincaré duality groups for each $n\geq 4$. We strengthen these results by showing that these groups comprise uncountably many quasi-isometry classes. We deduce that for each $n\geq 4$ there are uncountably many…

A special group of transformations of the real line cannot act effectively on it.

New concept SB-generation helps classify transformation groups.

In this note, we announce the first results on quasi-isometric rigidity of non-nilpotent polycyclic groups. In particular, we prove that any group quasi-isometric to the three dimenionsional solvable Lie group Sol is virtually a lattice in Sol. We prove analogous results for groups quasi-isometric to $R \ltimes R^n$ wh…

This study extends a result on quasi-isometry of hyperbolic groups to relatively hyperbolic groups.

We exhibit a family of infinite, finitely-presented, nilpotent-by-abelian groups. Each member of this family is a solvable S-arithmetic group that is related to Baumslag-Solitar groups, and everyone of these groups has a quasi-isometry group that is virtually a product of a solvable real Lie group and a solvable p-adic…

We give a method of constructing maps between tubular groups inductively according to a set of strategies. This map will be a quasi-isometry exactly when the set of strategies is consistent. Conversely, if there exists a quasi-isometry between tubular groups, then there is a consistent set of strategies for them. There…

We prove that PSL(2,Z[1/p]) gives the first example of groups which are not quasi-isometric to each other but have the same quasi-isometry group. Namely, PSL(2,Z[1/p]) and PSL(2,Z[1/q]) are not quasi-isometric unless p=q, and, independent of p, the quasi-isometry group of PSL(2,Z[1/p]) is PSL(2,Q). In addition, we char…

We show that the fundamental groups of any two closed irreducible non-geometric graph-manifolds are quasi-isometric. This answers a question of Kapovich and Leeb. We also classify the quasi-isometry types of fundamental groups of graph-manifolds with boundary in terms of certain finite two-colored graphs. A corollary i…

Quasi-isometries in horospherical products are close to product maps.

Complex captures group properties, invariant under quasi-isometry.

We introduce a new quasi-isometry invariant of 2-dimensional right-angled Coxeter groups, the hypergraph index, that partitions these groups into infinitely many quasi-isometry classes, each containing infinitely many groups. Furthermore, the hypergraph index of any right-angled Coxeter group can be directly computed f…

Free groups' automorphisms have bounded orbits.

We show that the group of all pl-homeomorphisms of the reals having bounded slopes surjects on the group $QI({\Bbb R})$ of all quasi-isometries of ${\Bbb R}$. We prove that the following groups can be imbedded in $QI({\Bbb R})$: The group of compactly supported pl-homeomorphisms of the reals, the Richard Thompson group…

The paper proves that relative Dehn functions are invariant under quasi-isometry.

We introduce the notion of \textit{relative $L^p$-cohomology} as a quasi-isometry invariant defined for Gromov-hyperbolic spaces, and apply it to the problem of quasi-isometry classification of Heintze groups. More precisely, we explicitly construct non-zero relative $L^p$-cohomology classes on a Heintze group of the f…

The study characterizes elements of a group quotient and finds a non-locally indicable left-orderable group.

We study the large scale geometry of the upper triangular subgroup of PSL(2,Z[1/n]), which arises naturally in a geometric context. We prove a quasi-isometry classification theorem and show that these groups are quasi-isometrically rigid with infinite dimensional quasi-isometry group. We generalize our results to a lar…

Right-angled Artin groups are classified based on measure equivalence.

We build quasi--isometry invariants of relatively hyperbolic groups which detect the hyperbolic parts of the group; these are variations of the stable dimension constructions previously introduced by the authors. We prove that, given any finite collection of finitely generated groups $\mathcal{H}$ each of which either …

We complete the quasi-isometric classification of irreducible lattices in semisimple Lie groups over nondiscrete locally compact fields of characteristic zero by showing that any quasi-isometry of a rank one S-arithmetic lattice in a semisimple Lie group over nondiscrete locally compact fields of characteristic zero is…

We describe the structure of quasiflats in two-dimensio\-nal Artin groups. We rely on the notion of metric systolicity developed in our previous work. Using this weak form of non-positive curvature and analyzing in details the combinatorics of tilings of the plane we describe precisely the building blocks for quasiflat…

Geometric group theory explores groups through their geometric properties.

Clarifies metric properties on group power sets.

Introduces halo products and studies their geometric properties.

Simplified Milnor-Schwarz lemma for geometric group theory.

Extends Paulin's result to relatively hyperbolic groups.

Study on volume growth of horospheres in specific Heintze groups.

This (quasi-)survey addresses the quasi-isometry classification of locally compact groups, with an emphasis on amenable hyperbolic locally compact groups. This encompasses the problem of quasi-isometry classification of homogeneous negatively curved manifolds. A main conjecture provides a general description; an extend…

Classifies quasi-isometry types of lamplighter groups over one-ended groups.

The study examines the structure of certain subgroups of quasi-isometry groups of Euclidean spaces, proving their nontriviality and properties.

Bounds on conformal dimension for certain Coxeter group boundaries.

Study on embedding tree products into groups, distinguishing them.

Let $QI(\mathbb{R})$ denote the group of all quasi-isometries $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}.$ Let $Q_+( \text{and}~ Q_-)$ denote the subgroup of $QI(\mathbb{R})$ consisting of elements which are identity near $-\infty$ (resp. $+\infty$). We denote by $QI^+(\mathbb R)$ the index $2$ subgroup of $QI(\mathbb R)$ that fixes …

Study confirms optimal bounds for group cohomology of Lie groups.

Let S be a closed, oriented surface of genus at least 2, and consider the extension 1 -> pi_1 S -> MCG(S,p) -> MCG(S) -> 1, where MCG(S) is the mapping class group of S, and MCG(S,p) is the mapping class group of S punctured at p. We prove that any quasi-isometry of MCG(S,p) which coarsely respects the cosets of the no…

Classifies surface Houghton groups and their subgroups up to certain equivalences.

A nonpolycyclic nilpotent-by-cyclic group Gamma can be expressed as the HNN extension of a finitely-generated nilpotent group N. The first main result is that quasi-isometric nilpotent-by-cyclic groups are HNN extensions of quasi-isometric nilpotent groups. The nonsurjective injection defining such an extension induces…

As demonstrated by Croke and Kleiner, the visual boundary of a CAT(0) group is not well-defined since quasi-isometric CAT(0) spaces can have non-homeomorphic boundaries. We introduce a new type of boundary for a CAT(0) space, called the contracting boundary, made up rays satisfying one of five hyperbolic-like propertie…

We are motivated by the question that for which class of right-angled Artin groups (RAAG's), the quasi-isometry classification coincides with commensurability classification. This is previously known for RAAG's with finite outer automorphism groups. In this paper, we identify two classes of RAAG's, where their outer au…