Conjecture on Busemann points of free two-step nilpotent groups

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Let N2,rN_{2,r} be the free nilpotent group of step 22 and rank rr, equipped with its standard generating set. Its Busemann points are the horofunctions arising as limits of geodesic or almost-geodesic rays.

Free two-step nilpotent Busemann-point conjecture. The set of Busemann points of N2,rN_{2,r} with respect to the standard generating set is countable.

This conjecture is proposed as a tool for extending the classification of Busemann points from particular two-step nilpotent groups to general finitely generated two-step nilpotent groups, using quotients of the free two-step nilpotent group. The source provides no resolution, so its status remains open.

References

Primary source

Corentin Bodart and Kenshiro Tashiro, “Horofunctions on the Heisenberg and Cartan groups”, arXiv:2407.11943 (2024).

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