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Wild knots in higher dimensions as limit sets of Kleinian groups

Author(s): Margareta Boege; Gabriela Hinojosa; Alberto Verjovsky
Journal: Conform. Geom. Dyn. 13 (2009), 197-216.
MSC (2000): Primary 57M30; Secondary 57M45, 57Q45, 30F40
Posted: September 9, 2009
MathSciNet review: 2540704
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Abstract: In this paper we construct infinitely many wild knots, $\mathbb{S}^{n}\hookrightarrow\mathbb{S}^{n+2}$ , for and , each of which is a limit set of a geometrically finite Kleinian group. We also describe some of their properties.

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