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Projections and relative hyperbolicity

Metric Geometry 2012-04-04 v4 Group Theory Geometric Topology

Abstract

We give an alternative definition of relative hyperbolicity based on properties of closest-point projections on peripheral subgroups. We also derive a distance formula for relatively hyperbolic groups, similar to the one for mapping class groups.

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@article{arxiv.1010.4552,
  title  = {Projections and relative hyperbolicity},
  author = {Alessandro Sisto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4552},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

The previous version has been split, the present version is a revision of the first part of the old version. The second part is now called "Tree-graded asymptotic cones"

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