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Quasi-hyperbolic planes in hyperbolic groups

Author(s): Mario Bonk; Bruce Kleiner
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), 2491-2494.
MSC (2000): Primary 20F67
Posted: April 12, 2005
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Abstract: The hyperbolic plane $\mathbb{H}^2$ admits a quasi-isometric embedding into every hyperbolic group which is not virtually free.


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Additional Information:

Mario Bonk
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1109
Email: mbonk@umich.edu

Bruce Kleiner
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1109
Email: bkleiner@umich.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-05-07564-7
PII: S 0002-9939(05)07564-7
Received by editor(s): January 21, 2003
Posted: April 12, 2005
Additional Notes: The first author was supported by NSF grant DMS-0200566.
The second author was supported by NSF grants DMS-9972047 and DMS-0204506.
Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, American Mathematical Society


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