Quasi-isometric maps and Floyd boundaries of relatively hyperbolic groups

Victor Gerasimov; Leonid Potyagailo

Journal of the European Mathematical Society (2013)

  • Volume: 015, Issue: 6, page 2115-2137
  • ISSN: 1435-9855

Abstract

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We describe the kernel of the canonical map from the Floyd boundary of a relatively hyperbolic group to its Bowditch boundary. Using the Floyd completion we further prove that the property of relative hyperbolicity is invariant under quasi-isometric maps. If a finitely generated group H admits a quasi-isometric map ϕ into a relatively hyperbolic group G then H is itself relatively hyperbolic with respect to a system of subgroups whose image under ϕ is situated within a uniformly bounded distance from the right cosets of the parabolic subgroups of G . We then generalize the latter result to the case when ϕ is an α -isometric map for any polynomial distortion function α . As an application of our method we provide in the Appendix a new short proof of a basic theorem of Bowditch characterizing hyperbolicity.

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Gerasimov, Victor, and Potyagailo, Leonid. "Quasi-isometric maps and Floyd boundaries of relatively hyperbolic groups." Journal of the European Mathematical Society 015.6 (2013): 2115-2137. <http://eudml.org/doc/277801>.

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journal = {Journal of the European Mathematical Society},
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title = {Quasi-isometric maps and Floyd boundaries of relatively hyperbolic groups},
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AU - Gerasimov, Victor
AU - Potyagailo, Leonid
TI - Quasi-isometric maps and Floyd boundaries of relatively hyperbolic groups
JO - Journal of the European Mathematical Society
PY - 2013
PB - European Mathematical Society Publishing House
VL - 015
IS - 6
SP - 2115
EP - 2137
AB - We describe the kernel of the canonical map from the Floyd boundary of a relatively hyperbolic group to its Bowditch boundary. Using the Floyd completion we further prove that the property of relative hyperbolicity is invariant under quasi-isometric maps. If a finitely generated group $H$ admits a quasi-isometric map $\varphi $ into a relatively hyperbolic group $G$ then $H$ is itself relatively hyperbolic with respect to a system of subgroups whose image under $\varphi $ is situated within a uniformly bounded distance from the right cosets of the parabolic subgroups of $G$. We then generalize the latter result to the case when $\varphi $ is an $\alpha $-isometric map for any polynomial distortion function $\alpha $. As an application of our method we provide in the Appendix a new short proof of a basic theorem of Bowditch characterizing hyperbolicity.
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KW - Floyd boundary; convergence actions; quasi-isometric maps; relatively hyperbolic groups; finitely generated groups; actions by homeomorphisms; relatively hyperbolic groups; Floyd boundaries; convergence actions; quasi-isometric maps; finitely generated groups; actions by homeomorphisms
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