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Prologue |
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Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview |
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1.1.1 Algebraic hyperbolic spaces |
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1.1.2 Gromov hyperbolic metric spaces |
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1.1.4 The classification of semigroups |
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1.2 The Bishop-Jones theorem and its generalization |
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1.2.1 The modified Poincare exponent |
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1.3.3 Geometrically finite and convex-cobounded groups |
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1.3.5 R-trees and their isometry groups |
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1.4 Patterson-Sullivan theory |
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1.4.1 Quasiconformal measures of geometrically finite groups |
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Part 1 Preliminaries |
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Chapter 2 Algebraic hyperbolic spaces |
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3 | (16) |
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2.2 The hyperboloid model |
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2.3 Isometries of algebraic hyperbolic spaces |
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2.4 Totally geodesic subsets of algebraic hyperbolic spaces |
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2.5 Other models of hyperbolic geometry |
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2.5.1 The (Klein) ball model |
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2.5.2 The half-space model |
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2.5.3 Transitivity of the action of Isom(H) on partial differential H |
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Chapter 3 R-trees, CAT(-1) spaces, and Gromov hyperbolic metric spaces |
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3.2.1 Examples of CAT(-1) spaces |
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3.3 Gromov hyperbolic metric spaces |
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3.3.1 Examples of Gromov hyperbolic metric spaces |
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3.4 The boundary of a hyperbolic metric space |
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3.4.1 Extending the Gromov product to the boundary |
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3.4.2 A topology on bord X |
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3.5 The Gromov product in algebraic hyperbolic spaces |
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3.5.1 The Gromov boundary of an algebraic hyperbolic space |
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3.6 Metrics and metametrics on bord X |
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3.6.1 General theory of metametrics |
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3.6.2 The visual metametric based at a point w belongs to X |
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3.6.3 The extended visual metric on bord X |
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3.6.4 The visual metametric based at a point xi belongs to partialdifferential X |
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Chapter 4 More about the geometry of hyperbolic metric spaces |
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4.2.1 Derivatives of metametrics |
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4.2.2 Derivatives of maps |
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4.2.3 The dynamical derivative |
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4.4 Geodesics in CAT(-1) spaces |
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4.5 The geometry of shadows |
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4.5.1 Shadows in regularly geodesic hyperbolic metric spaces |
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4.5.2 Shadows in hyperbolic metric spaces |
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4.6 Generalized polar coordinates |
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5.1 Topologies on Isom(X) |
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5.2 Discrete groups of isometries |
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5.2.1 Topological discreteness |
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5.2.2 Equivalence in finite dimensions |
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5.2.3 Proper discontinuity |
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5.2.4 Behavior with respect to restrictions |
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5.2.5 Countability of discrete groups |
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Chapter 6 Classification of isometries and semigroups |
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6.1 Classification of isometries |
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6.1.1 More on loxodromic isometries |
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6.1.2 The story for real hyperbolic spaces |
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6.2 Classification of semigroups |
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6.2.1 Elliptic semigroups |
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6.2.2 Parabolic semigroups |
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6.2.3 Loxodromic semigroups |
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6.3 Proof of the Classification Theorem |
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6.4 Discreteness and focal groups |
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7.1 Modes of convergence to the boundary |
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7.3 Cardinality of the limit set |
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7.4 Minimality of the limit set |
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7.6 Semigroups which act irreducibly on algebraic hyperbolic spaces |
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7.7 Semigroups of compact type |
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Part 2 The Bishop-Jones theorem |
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Chapter 8 The modified Poincare exponent |
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8.1 The Poincare exponent of a semigroup |
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8.2 The modified Poincare exponent of a semigroup |
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Chapter 9 Generalization of the Bishop-Jones theorem |
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9.2 A partition structure on partial differential X |
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9.3 Sufficient conditions for Poincare regularity |
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Part 3 Examples |
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Chapter 10 Schottky products |
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10.3 Strongly separated Schottky products |
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10.4 A partition-structure-like structure |
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10.5 Existence of Schottky products |
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Chapter 11 Parabolic groups |
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11.1 Examples of parabolic groups acting on Einfinity |
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11.1.1 The Haagerup property and the absence of a Margulis lemma |
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11.1.2 Edelstein examples |
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11.2 The Poincare exponent of a finitely generated parabolic group |
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11.2.1 Nilpotent and virtually nilpotent groups |
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11.2.2 A universal lower bound on the Poincare exponent |
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11.2.3 Examples with explicit Poincare exponents |
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Chapter 12 Geometrically finite and convex-cobounded groups |
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12.1 Some geometric shapes |
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12.2 Cobounded and convex-cobounded groups |
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12.2.1 Characterizations of convex-coboundedness |
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12.2.2 Consequences of convex-coboundedness |
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12.3 Bounded parabolic points |
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12.4 Geometrically finite groups |
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12.4.1 Characterizations of geometrical finiteness |
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12.4.2 Consequences of geometrical finiteness |
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12.4.3 Examples of geometrically finite groups |
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Chapter 13 Counterexamples |
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13.1 Embedding R-trees into real hyperbolic spaces |
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13.2 Strongly discrete groups with infinite Poincare exponent |
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13.3 Moderately discrete groups which are not strongly discrete |
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13.4 Poincare irregular groups |
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13.5 Miscellaneous counterexamples |
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Chapter 14 R-trees and their isometry groups |
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14.1 Construction of IR-trees by the cone method |
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14.2 Graphs with contractible cycles |
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14.3 The nearest-neighbor projection onto a convex set |
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14.4 Constructing IR-trees by the stapling method |
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14.5 Examples of ER-trees constructed using the stapling method |
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Part 4 Patterson-Sullivan theory |
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217 | (50) |
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Chapter 15 Conformal and quasiconformal measures |
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219 | (10) |
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219 | (1) |
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15.3 Ergodic decomposition |
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15.4 Quasiconformal measures |
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222 | (7) |
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15.4.1 Pointmass quasiconformal measures |
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223 | (1) |
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15.4.2 Non-pointmass quasiconformal measures |
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Chapter 16 Patterson-Sullivan theorem for groups of divergence type |
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229 | (12) |
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16.1 Samuel-Smirnov compactifications |
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229 | (1) |
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16.2 Extending the geometric functions to X |
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230 | (2) |
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16.3 Quasiconformal measures on X |
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234 | (3) |
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16.6 Necessity of the generalized divergence type assumption |
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16.7 Orbital counting functions of nonelementary groups |
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239 | (2) |
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Chapter 17 Quasiconformal measures of geometrically finite groups |
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241 | (26) |
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17.1 Sufficient conditions for divergence type |
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241 | (3) |
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17.2 The global measure formula |
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244 | (3) |
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17.3 Proof of the global measure formula |
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247 | (6) |
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17.4 Groups for which µ is doubling |
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253 | (6) |
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17.5 Exact dimensionality of µ |
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259 | (8) |
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17.5.1 Diophantine approximation on ^ |
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261 | (3) |
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17.5.2 Examples and non-examples of exact dimensional measures |
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Appendix A. Open problems |
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Appendix B. Index of defined terms |
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Bibliography |
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