Hausdorff dimension and dendritic limit sets (Q2484091)

Let \(\Sigma\) be a closed orientable surface with \(\text{genus}(\Sigma) \geq 2\), and let \(\Gamma = \pi_1 (\Sigma)\). Suppose that \(\Gamma\) acts properly discontinuously on hyperbolic 3-space \(\mathbb H^3\). Since \(\Gamma\) is torsion-free, the quotient \(\mathbb H^3 / \Gamma\) is a hyperbolic 3-manifold, with \(\pi_1 (M) \equiv \Gamma\). Its limit set, \(\Lambda (\Gamma)\), is a subcontinuum of the 2-sphere \(S^2 \equiv \partial \mathbb H^3\). Of particular interest is the case where \(M\) is ``singly degenerate'' so that \(\partial \mathbb H^3 \setminus \Lambda (\Gamma)\) is a topological disc. If, in addition, \(M\) has positive injectivity radius, \(\text{inj}(M)>0\), then \(\Lambda(M)\) is known to be a dendrite of Hausdorff dimension 2. The author shows that the cut-point set of dendrite \(\Lambda(\Gamma)\) has Hausdorff dimension at most \(2 - \epsilon\), where \(\epsilon\) depends only on \(\text{inj}(M)\) and \(\text{genus}(\Sigma)\).