On hyperbolic graphs induced by iterated function systems (Q529228)

Starting with a contractive iterated function system (IFS) \(\{S_j\}_{j=1}^N\) on \(\mathbb{R}^d\), the authors define an augmented tree \((X,\mathcal{E})\) associated with \(X\) and show that it is hyperbolic in the sense of Gromov. Further, they prove that the hyperbolic boundary of the augmented tree is Hölder equivalent to the attractor of the IFS, and that \((X,\mathcal{E})\) is of bounded degree iff \(\{S_j\}_{j=1}^N\) satisfies the open set condition. In addition, applications to random walks on graphs and the Lipschitz equivalence of self-similar sets are discussed.