%0 Journal Article %T Low-dimensional representations of matrix groups and group actions on CAT(0) spaces and manifolds %A Shengkui Ye %J Mathematics %D 2012 %I arXiv %X We study low-dimensional representations of matrix groups over general rings, by considering group actions on CAT(0) spaces, spheres and acyclic manifolds. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.6747v1