Kleinian groups with intersecting limit sets (Q1123288)

A point z in the limit set, \(\Lambda\) (G), of a Kleinian group G is called a point of approximation of G provided that for each geodesic ray \(\sigma\) in \({\mathbb{H}}^ 3\) ending at z there is a sequence \(\{g_ n\}\subset G\) and a point \(x\in {\mathbb{H}}^ 3\) such that \(\{g_ n(x)\}\) has limit z and stays within a bounded distance of \(\sigma\). The bulk of the paper is devoted to proving the following Theorem. Let J and H be Kleinian groups such that J is geometrically finite and the group G generated by \(J\cup H\) is discrete. If \(z\in \Lambda (J)\cap \Lambda (H)\) is a point of approximation of H, then \(z\in \Lambda (J\cap H)\) and z is a point of approximation of \(J\cap H\). Some consequences of this theorem are given, including: If J and H are geometrically finite subgroups of a Kleinian group G, then (1) \(\Lambda (J)\cap \Lambda (H)=\Lambda (J\cap H)\cup P\) where P is a set of isolated points in \(\Omega\) (J\(\cap H)\) which is empty if G contains no rank two parabolic subgroup. (2) \(J\cap H\) is geometrically finite.