<p>We show that uniform lattices of isometries of products of real hyperbolic spaces act properly discontinuously and cocompactly on a median space. For lattices in products of at least two factors, this is the strongest degree of compatibility possible with median geometry. The result follows from an analysis of a quasification of median geometry that provides a geometric characterization of spaces at a finite Hausdorff distance from a median space. The case of complex hyperbolic metric spaces is different; we show that these spaces cannot be at finite Hausdorff distance from a median space.</p>

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Median geometry for spaces with measured walls and for groups

  • Indira Chatterji,
  • Cornelia Druţu

摘要

We show that uniform lattices of isometries of products of real hyperbolic spaces act properly discontinuously and cocompactly on a median space. For lattices in products of at least two factors, this is the strongest degree of compatibility possible with median geometry. The result follows from an analysis of a quasification of median geometry that provides a geometric characterization of spaces at a finite Hausdorff distance from a median space. The case of complex hyperbolic metric spaces is different; we show that these spaces cannot be at finite Hausdorff distance from a median space.