Bootstrapping in convergence groups.

DOI10.2140/AGT.2005.5.751MaRDI QIDQ2571365zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eric L. Swenson

Publication date 1 November 2005

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508172, https://eudml.org/doc/125704, http://www.emis.de/journals/UW/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-32.abs.html

zbMATH Keywords

convergence groupsgroup actions on Peano continualimit sets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Discontinuous groups of transformations (57S30)

Abstract: We prove a true bootstrapping result for convergence groups acting on a Peano continuum. We give an example of a Kleinian group H which is the amalgamation of two closed hyperbolic surface groups along a simple closed curve. The limit set Lambda H is the closure of a `tree of circles' (adjacent circles meeting in pairs of points). We alter the action of H on its limit set such that H no longer acts as a convergence group, but the stabilizers of the circles remain unchanged, as does the action of a circle stabilizer on said circle. This is done by first separating the circles and then gluing them together backwards.

Review text

The purpose of the paper is to present conditions under which a group \(G\) of homeomorphisms of a compact, connected and locally connected metric space \(X\) (a Peano continuum, also assumed to be without cut points) acts as a convergence group on \(X\), by reducing the problem to subgroups which are known to act as convergence groups on smaller sets. More precisely, given a \(G\)-invariant collection of closed subsets of \(X\) whose stabilizers in \(G\) act as convergence groups on these sets then, under certain additional conditions, \(G\) acts as a convergence group on \(X\). For example, the main result applies when \(X\) is an \(n\)-sphere and the subgroups have limit sets which are \((n-1)\)-spheres. On the other hand, an example is given which shows that such a result cannot be expected in general.

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