Certain estimates on Kleinian groups by the core of their quotient 3- manifold (Q757639)

This paper is devoted to giving estimates of various geometric properties of finitely generated Kleinian groups using techniques similar to those in \textit{W. Abikoff} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 97, 593-601 (1986; Zbl 0606.30045)] and \textit{R. S. Kulkarni} and \textit{P. B. Shalen} [Adv. Math. 76, 155-169 (1989; Zbl 0684.57019)]. By the rank of a group, we mean the cardinality of a minimal set of generators. The following results are proved. Suppose G is a torsion-free Kleinian group on r generators. Then, given any component subgroup H of G, the rank of \(H\leq 2r-1\). Equality holds if and only if G is geometrically finite, \(\partial M(G)\) is connected and incompressible in M(G) and G is free. Further if \(\Omega\) (G)/G has hyperbolic area \(\geq 4\pi (r-2)\), then the limit set of G has area zero.