Geometrical finiteness in Hilbert geometry (Q486843)

The Hilbert geometry is based on the Hilbert metric which is a canonical metric associated to an arbitrary bounded convex domain. It was introduced by David Hilbert in a letter written in 1894 by him to F. Klein. This metric can be considered as an example of a metric for which the Euclidean straight lines are geodesics. Hilbert geometry generalizes Klein's model of hyperbolic geometry. The paper under review considers some questions related with Hilbert geometry. At first a brief survey of Hilbert geometry is given. But, in fact, the article is devoted to the investigation of discrete groups \(\Gamma\) of projective automorphisms of an open strictly convex domain \(\Omega\) with \(C^1\)-boundaries \(\partial \Omega\) in projective space \(\mathbb P^n\) and the corresponding quotient orbifolds \(\Omega/\Gamma\). Some general results about actions of such groups \(\Gamma\) are proved. In particular the authors study the notion of geometrical finiteness and give an example of an action of a discrete group \(\Gamma \subset\mathrm{Aut}(\Omega)\) (\(\dim(\Omega) = 4\)) which is geometrically finite on \(\partial \Omega\) but not geometrically finite on \(\Omega\).