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A topolological characterisation of hyperbolic groups

A topolological characterisation of hyperbolic groups
A topolological characterisation of hyperbolic groups
We characterise word hyperbolic groups as those groups which act properly discontinuously and cocompactly on the space of distinct triples of a compact metrisable space. This is, in turn, equivalent to a convergence group for which every point of the space is a conical limit point.
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Bowditch, B.H.
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Bowditch, B.H.
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Bowditch, B.H. (1998) A topolological characterisation of hyperbolic groups. Journal of the American Mathematical Society, 11, 643-667.

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We characterise word hyperbolic groups as those groups which act properly discontinuously and cocompactly on the space of distinct triples of a compact metrisable space. This is, in turn, equivalent to a convergence group for which every point of the space is a conical limit point.

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Published date: 1998

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Local EPrints ID: 29766
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29766
ISSN: 0894-0347
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Author: B.H. Bowditch

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