Conical limit points and groups of divergence type
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Abstract:
We use the Patterson-Sullivan measure to generalize Agard’s theorem to all groups of divergence type. As a consequence, we prove that for a nonelementary group $\Gamma$ of divergence type, the conical limit set has positive Patterson-Sullivan measure.References
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- © Copyright 1994 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 346 (1994), 341-357
- MSC: Primary 22E40; Secondary 20H10
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1994-1273535-1
- MathSciNet review: 1273535