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Hyperbolic groups with boundary an n-dimensional Sierpinski space

Geometric Topology 2019-03-05 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

For n>6, we show that if G is a torsion-free hyperbolic group whose visual boundary is an (n-2)-dimensional Sierpinski space, then G=\pi_1(W) for some aspherical n-manifold W with nonempty boundary. Concerning the converse, we construct, for each n>3, examples of aspherical manifolds with boundary, whose fundamental group G is hyperbolic, but with visual boundary not homeomorphic to an (n-2)-dimensional Sierpinski space.

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@article{arxiv.1505.03817,
  title  = {Hyperbolic groups with boundary an n-dimensional Sierpinski space},
  author = {Jean-François Lafont and Bena Tshishiku},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.03817},
  year   = {2019}
}

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11 pages

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