Klein-Maskit combination theorem for Anosov subgroups: free products (Q6090615)

The classical Klein-Maskit combination theorem for Kleinian groups (discrete isometry groups of the hyperbolic space \(\mathbb{H}^{n}\)) establishes sufficient conditions for a subgroup \(\Gamma < G = \mathrm{Isom}(\mathbb{H}^{n})\) generated by two discrete subgroups \(\Gamma_{A}\), \(\Gamma_{B}\) of \(G\) to be discrete and isomorphic to the free product \(\Gamma_{A} \ast \Gamma_{B}\). In the paper under review, the authors prove a generalization of the Klein-Maskit combination theorem, in the free product case, in the setting of Anosov subgroups. Namely, if \(\Gamma_{A}\) and \(\Gamma_{B}\) are Anosov subgroups of a semisimple Lie group \(G\) of noncompact type, then under suitable topological assumptions, the subgroup \(\big \langle \Gamma_{A}, \Gamma_{B} \big \rangle \leq G\) is again Anosov and is naturally isomorphic to the free product \(\Gamma_{A} \ast \Gamma_{B}\).