Conical limit points and the Cannon-Thurston map

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Abstract: Let G be a non-elementary word-hyperbolic group acting as a convergence group on a compact metrizable space Z so that there exists a continuous G-equivariant map i:partialGoZ, which we call a emph{Cannon-Thurston map}. We obtain two characterzations (a dynamical one and a geometric one) of conical limit points in Z in terms of their pre-images under the Cannon-Thurston map i. As an application we prove, under the extra assumption that the action of G on Z has no accidental parabolics, that if the map i is not injective then there exists a non-conical limit point zinZ with |i1(z)|=1. This result applies to most natural contexts where the Cannon-Thurston map is known to exist, including subgroups of word-hyperbolic groups and Kleinian representations of surface groups. As another application, we prove that if G is a non-elementary torsion-free word-hyperbolic group then there exists xinpartialG such that x is not a "controlled concentration point" for the action of G on partialG.



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