Critical exponents for groups of isometries. (Q2642381)

Let \(\Gamma\) be a free group acting by isometries on a \(\text{CAT}(-1)\) space \((X,d_X)\) as a convex co-compact group and let \(\Gamma_0\) be a normal subgroup. The author shows that if the quotient group \(\Gamma/\Gamma_0\) is amenable, then \(\delta(\Gamma_0)=\delta(\Gamma)\). Here \(\delta(G)\) denotes the critical exponent associated to the group \(G\). The result is applied to Kleinian groups and, in particular, to finitely generated Fuchsian groups.