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Quasiconformal groups, Patterson-Sullivan theory, and local analysis of limit sets
Author(s):
Petra
Bonfert-Taylor;
Edward
C.
Taylor
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.
355
(2003),
787-811.
MSC (2000):
Primary 30C65;
Secondary 30F40, 30F45.
Posted:
October 2, 2002
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Abstract:
We extend the part of Patterson-Sullivan theory to discrete quasiconformal groups that relates the exponent of convergence of the Poincaré series to the Hausdorff dimension of the limit set. In doing so we define new bi-Lipschitz invariants that localize both the exponent of convergence and the Hausdorff dimension. We find these invariants help to expose and explain the discrepancy between the conformal and quasiconformal setting of Patterson-Sullivan theory.
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Additional Information:
Petra
Bonfert-Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
Email:
pbonfert@wesleyan.edu
Edward
C.
Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
Email:
ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9947-02-03134-3
PII:
S 0002-9947(02)03134-3
Keywords:
Kleinian groups,
discrete quasiconformal groups,
Patterson-Sullivan measure,
exponent of convergence,
Hausdorff dimension.
Received by editor(s):
September 15, 2000
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
May 14, 2002
Posted:
October 2, 2002
Additional Notes:
The first author was supported in part by NSF grant 0070335
The second author was supported in part by an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
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