Maximal convergence groups and rank one symmetric spaces

DOI10.1017/S144678870003634XzbMATH Open1162.30028arXivmath/0410500OpenAlexW2112787351MaRDI QIDQ5439902FDOQ5439902

Authors: Ara Basmajian, Mahmoud Zeinalian 

Publication date: 30 January 2008

Published in: Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the group of conformal homeomorphisms of the boundary of a rank one symmetric space (except the hyperbolic plane) of noncompact type acts as a maximal convergence group. Moreover, we show that any family of uniformly quasiconformal homeomorphisms has the convergence property. Our theorems generalize results of Gehring and Martin in the real hyperbolic case for M"obius groups. As a consequence, this shows that the maximal convergence subgroups of the group of self homeomorphisms of the $d$-sphere are not unique up to conjugacy. Finally, we discuss some implications of maximality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0410500

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zbMATH Keywords

complex hyperbolic spaceconvergence groupsRank one symmetric spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quasiconformal mappings in (mathbb{R}^n), other generalizations (30C65) Kleinian groups (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F40)

Cites Work

• Carnot-Carathéodory metrics and quasiisometries of symmetric spaces of rank 1
• Foundations for the theory of quasiconformal mappings on the Heisenberg group
• Discrete Quasiconformal Groups I
• Discrete subgroups of complex hyperbolic motions

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• An approach to symmetric spaces of rank one via groups of Heisenberg type
• Maximal rank subgroups and strong functoriality of the additive eigencone

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