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Cohomological characterization of relative hyperbolicity and combination theorem

Group Theory 2007-10-25 v1

Abstract

We give a cohomological characterization of Gromov relative hyperbolicity. As an application we prove a converse to the combination theorem for graphs of relatively hyperbolic groups given in a previous paper of the first author. We build upon, and follow the ideas of, the work of S. Gersten in ``Cohom. lower bounds for isoperim. funct. on groups'' (Topology 37, 1998) about the same topics in the classical Gromov hyperbolic setting.

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@article{arxiv.0710.4426,
  title  = {Cohomological characterization of relative hyperbolicity and combination theorem},
  author = {F. Gautero and M. Heusener},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.4426},
  year   = {2007}
}

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21 pages, 1 figure

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