On Hausdorff-Gromov convergence and a theorem of Paulin (Q1909677)
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On Hausdorff-Gromov convergence and a theorem of Paulin (English)
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9 September 1996
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Summary: We give an elementary account of ideas related to Hausdorff-Gromov convergence and explain how, among other things, these ideas can be used to prove a theorem of F. Paulin: If a group \(\Gamma\) is word hyperbolic and its outer automorphism group is infinite, then \(\Gamma\) acts by isometries on an \(\mathbb{R}\)-tree with virtually cyclic segment stabilizers and no global fixed points.
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theorem of Paulin
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word hyperbolic groups
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Hausdorff-Gromov convergence
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outer automorphism groups
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virtually cyclic segment stabilizers
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