Let X be a locally compact geodesically complete CAT.0/ space and F be a discrete group acting properly and cocompactly on X. We show that F contains an element acting as a hyperbolic isometry on each indecomposable de Rham factor of X. It follows that if X is a product of d factors, then F contains ℤ .
Caprace, P.-E., & Zadnik, G. (2013). Regular elements in CAT.0/ groups. Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics, 7(3), 535-541. https://doi.org/10.4171/GGD/195 (Original work published 2013)