Abstract

We study groups acting on CAT(0) square complexes. In particular we show if Y is a nonpositively curved (in the sense of Alexandrov) finite square complex and the vertex links of Ycontain no simple loop consisting of five edges, then any subgroup of π 1Y either is virtually free Abelian or contains a free group of rank two. In addition we discuss when a group generated by two hyperbolic isometries contains a free group of rank two and when two points in the ideal boundary of a CAT(0) 2-complex at Tits distance π apart are the endpoints of a geodesic in the 2-complex.

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