2004•International Journal of Algebra and ComputationRequires access

FREELY INDECOMPOSABLE GROUPS ACTING ON HYPERBOLIC SPACES

Ilya Kapovich, Richard Weidmann

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We obtain a number of finiteness results for groups acting on Gromov-hyperbolic spaces. In particular we show that a torsion-free locally quasiconvex hyperbolic group has only finitely many conjugacy classes of n-generated one-ended subgroups.

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We obtain a number of finiteness results for groups acting on Gromov-hyperbolic spaces. In particular we show that a torsion-free locally quasiconvex hyperbolic group has only finitely many conjugacy classes of n-generated one-ended subgroups.

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We obtain a number of finiteness results for groups acting on Gromov-hyperbolic spaces. In particular we show that a torsion-free locally quasiconvex hyperbolic group has only finitely many conjugacy classes of n-generated one-ended subgroups.

Key concepts: Mathematics, Quasiconvex function, Conjugacy class, Indecomposable module, Relatively hyperbolic group, Hyperbolic group, Pure mathematics, Torsion (gastropod)

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