Relative hyperbolicity and relative quasiconvexity for countable groups.

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DOI10.2140/AGT.2010.10.1807zbMATH Open1202.20046arXiv0801.4596OpenAlexW2115539268MaRDI QIDQ991846FDOQ991846


Authors: G. Christopher Hruska Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 8 September 2010

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

Abstract: We lay the foundations for the study of relatively quasiconvex subgroups of relatively hyperbolic groups. These foundations require that we first work out a coherent theory of countable relatively hyperbolic groups (not necessarily finitely generated). We prove the equivalence of Gromov, Osin, and Bowditch's definitions of relative hyperbolicity for countable groups. We then give several equivalent definitions of relatively quasiconvex subgroups in terms of various natural geometries on a relatively hyperbolic group. We show that each relatively quasiconvex subgroup is itself relatively hyperbolic, and that the intersection of two relatively quasiconvex subgroups is again relatively quasiconvex. In the finitely generated case, we prove that every undistorted subgroup is relatively quasiconvex, and we compute the distortion of a finitely generated relatively quasiconvex subgroup.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4596




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