Limit set intersection theorems for Kleinian groups and a conjecture of Susskind

DOI10.1007/S40315-014-0078-7MaRDI QIDQ2255486zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors James W. Anderson

Publication date 17 February 2015

Published in Computational Methods and Function Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.0208

zbMATH Keywords

Kleinian groupslimit set intersection theoremSusskind's conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10) Kleinian groups (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F40) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: We continue here the investigation of the relationship between the intersection of a pair of subgroups of a Kleinian group, and in particular the limit set of that intersection, and the intersection of the limit sets of the subgroups. Of specific interest is the extent to which the intersection of the limit sets being non-empty implies that the intersection of the subgroups is non-trivial. We present examples to show that a conjecture of Susskind, stating that the intersection of the sets of conical limit points of subgroups $Phi$ and $Theta$ of a Kleinian group $Gamma$ is contained in the limit set of $PhicapTheta$, is as sharp as can reasonably be expected. We further show that Susskind's conjecture holds most of the time.

Review text

Let \(\Gamma\) be a non-elementary Kleinian group acting on \(\mathbb{H}^n\) for some \(n \geq 2\). Let \(\Phi\) and \(\Theta\) be non-elementary subgroups of \(\Gamma\). In the paper under review the author studies the relationship between the intersection of the limit sets of \(\Phi\) and \(\Theta\) and the limit set of \(\Phi\cap \Theta\). In particular, he is interested in the following conjecture due to Susskind: if the above-mentioned conditions for \(\Gamma\), \(\Phi\) and \(\Theta\) are satisfied, then \(\Lambda_c(\Phi)\cap \Lambda_c(\Theta)\subseteq \Lambda(\Phi\cap \Theta)\), where \(\Lambda_c\) denotes the set of the conical limit points and \(\Lambda\) the limit set. In the paper it is proven that the conjecture holds in a particular case (Proposition 1). From this and from previously known results it is deduced that the conjecture holds most of the time. However, the statement of the conjecture cannot be significantly improved, because the author proves in Proposition 2 that, for every finitely generated purely loxodromic Fuchsian group \(\Gamma\) with \(\Lambda(\Gamma)=\mathbb{S}_{\infty}^1\), there exist non-elementary subgroups \(\Phi\) and \(\Theta\) of \(\Gamma\) such that \(\Lambda(\Phi)\cap \Lambda(\Theta)\neq \Lambda(\Phi\cap \Theta)\). Moreover, in Proposition 3, it is proven that there exists a non-elementary purely loxodromic Fuchsian group \(\Gamma\) and non-trivial subgroups \(\Phi\) and \(\Theta\) of \(\Gamma\) such that \(\Lambda(\Phi\cap\Theta) \setminus \Lambda_c(\Phi) \cap \Lambda_c(\Theta)\) is non-empty.

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