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Convergence Group
In mathematics, a convergence group or a discrete convergence group is a group \Gamma acting by homeomorphisms on a compact metrizable space M in a way that generalizes the properties of the action of Kleinian group by Möbius transformations on the ideal boundary \mathbb S^2 of the hyperbolic 3-space \mathbb H^3 . The notion of a convergence group was introduced by Gehring and Martin (1987) and has since found wide applications in geometric topology, quasiconformal analysis, and geometric group theory. Formal definition Let \Gamma be a group acting by homeomorphisms on a compact metrizable space M. This action is called a ''convergence action'' or a ''discrete convergence action'' (and then \Gamma is called a ''convergence group'' or a ''discrete convergence group'' for this action) if for every infinite distinct sequence of elements \gamma_n \in \Gamma there exist a subsequence \gamma_, k=1,2,\dots and points a,b\in M such that the maps \gamma_\big, _ converge uniformly ...
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Group (mathematics)
In mathematics, a group is a Set (mathematics), set and an Binary operation, operation that combines any two Element (mathematics), elements of the set to produce a third element of the set, in such a way that the operation is Associative property, associative, an identity element exists and every element has an Inverse element, inverse. These three axioms hold for Number#Main classification, number systems and many other mathematical structures. For example, the integers together with the addition operation form a group. The concept of a group and the axioms that define it were elaborated for handling, in a unified way, essential structural properties of very different mathematical entities such as numbers, geometric shapes and polynomial roots. Because the concept of groups is ubiquitous in numerous areas both within and outside mathematics, some authors consider it as a central organizing principle of contemporary mathematics. In geometry groups arise naturally in the study of ...
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δ-hyperbolic Space
In mathematics, a hyperbolic metric space is a metric space satisfying certain metric relations (depending quantitatively on a nonnegative real number δ) between points. The definition, introduced by Mikhael Gromov, generalizes the metric properties of classical hyperbolic geometry and of trees. Hyperbolicity is a large-scale property, and is very useful to the study of certain infinite groups called Gromov-hyperbolic groups. Definitions In this paragraph we give various definitions of a \delta-hyperbolic space. A metric space is said to be (Gromov-) hyperbolic if it is \delta-hyperbolic for some \delta > 0. Definition using the Gromov product Let (X,d) be a metric space. The Gromov product of two points y, z \in X with respect to a third one x \in X is defined by the formula: :(y,z)_x = \frac 1 2 \left( d(x, y) + d(x, z) - d(y, z) \right). Gromov's definition of a hyperbolic metric space is then as follows: X is \delta-hyperbolic if and only if all x,y,z,w \in X satisfy ...
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Virtually
In mathematics, especially in the area of abstract algebra that studies infinite groups, the adverb virtually is used to modify a property so that it need only hold for a subgroup of finite index. Given a property P, the group ''G'' is said to be ''virtually P'' if there is a finite index subgroup H \le G such that ''H'' has property P. Common uses for this would be when P is abelian, nilpotent, solvable or free. For example, virtually solvable groups are one of the two alternatives in the Tits alternative, while Gromov's theorem states that the finitely generated groups with polynomial growth are precisely the finitely generated virtually nilpotent groups. This terminology is also used when P is just another group. That is, if ''G'' and ''H'' are groups then ''G'' is ''virtually'' ''H'' if ''G'' has a subgroup ''K'' of finite index in ''G'' such that ''K'' is isomorphic to ''H''. In particular, a group is virtually trivial if and only if it is finite. Two groups are virt ...
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Inventiones Mathematicae
''Inventiones Mathematicae'' is a mathematical journal published monthly by Springer Science+Business Media. It was established in 1966 and is regarded as one of the most prestigious mathematics journals in the world. The current managing editors are Camillo De Lellis (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) and Jean-Benoît Bost (University of Paris-Sud Paris-Sud University (French: ''Université Paris-Sud''), also known as University of Paris — XI (or as Université d'Orsay before 1971), was a French research university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburbs of Paris, in ...). Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: References External links *{{Official website, https://www.springer.com/journal/222 Mathematics journals Publications established in 1966 English-language journals Springer Science+Business Media academic journals Monthly journals ...
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Annals Of Mathematics
The ''Annals of Mathematics'' is a mathematical journal published every two months by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study. History The journal was established as ''The Analyst'' in 1874 and with Joel E. Hendricks as the founding editor-in-chief. It was "intended to afford a medium for the presentation and analysis of any and all questions of interest or importance in pure and applied Mathematics, embracing especially all new and interesting discoveries in theoretical and practical astronomy, mechanical philosophy, and engineering". It was published in Des Moines, Iowa, and was the earliest American mathematics journal to be published continuously for more than a year or two. This incarnation of the journal ceased publication after its tenth year, in 1883, giving as an explanation Hendricks' declining health, but Hendricks made arrangements to have it taken over by new management, and it was continued from March 1884 as the ''Annals of Mathematics''. The n ...
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David Gabai
David Gabai is an American mathematician and the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. Focused on low-dimensional topology and hyperbolic geometry, he is a leading researcher in those subjects. Biography David Gabai received his B.S. in mathematics from MIT in 1976 and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University in 1980. Gabai completed his doctoral dissertation, titled "Foliations and genera of links", under the supervision of William Thurston. After positions at Harvard and University of Pennsylvania, Gabai spent most of the period of 1986–2001 at Caltech, and has been at Princeton since 2001. Gabai was the Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University from 2012 to 2019. Honours and awards In 2004, David Gabai was awarded the Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry, given every three years by the American Mathematical Society. He was an invited speaker in the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010, Hyderabad on the top ...
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Journal D'Analyse Mathématique
The ''Journal d'Analyse Mathématique'' is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Magnes Press (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). It was established in 1951 by Binyamin Amirà. It covers research in mathematics, especially classical analysis and related areas such as complex function theory, ergodic theory, functional analysis, harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and quasiconformal mapping. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *MathSciNet *Science Citation Index Expanded *Scopus *ZbMATH Open According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021 impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ... of 1.132. References External links *{{Official website, 1=https://www.springer.com/mathematic ...
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Geometric Group Action
In mathematics, specifically geometric group theory, a geometric group action is a certain type of action of a discrete group on a metric space. Definition In geometric group theory, a geometry is any proper, geodesic metric space. An action of a finitely-generated group ''G'' on a geometry ''X'' is geometric if it satisfies the following conditions: # Each element of ''G'' acts as an isometry of ''X''. # The action is cocompact, i.e. the quotient space ''X''/''G'' is a compact space. # The action is properly discontinuous, with each point having a finite stabilizer. Uniqueness If a group ''G'' acts geometrically upon two geometries ''X'' and ''Y'', then ''X'' and ''Y'' are quasi-isometric. Since any group acts geometrically on its own Cayley graph, any space on which ''G'' acts geometrically is quasi-isometric to the Cayley graph of ''G''. Examples Cannon's conjecture states that any hyperbolic group In group theory, more precisely in geometric group theory, a hyperbolic ...
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Hyperbolic Plane
In mathematics, hyperbolic geometry (also called Lobachevskian geometry or Bolyai– Lobachevskian geometry) is a non-Euclidean geometry. The parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry is replaced with: :For any given line ''R'' and point ''P'' not on ''R'', in the plane containing both line ''R'' and point ''P'' there are at least two distinct lines through ''P'' that do not intersect ''R''. (Compare the above with Playfair's axiom, the modern version of Euclid's parallel postulate.) Hyperbolic plane geometry is also the geometry of pseudospherical surfaces, surfaces with a constant negative Gaussian curvature. Saddle surfaces have negative Gaussian curvature in at least some regions, where they locally resemble the hyperbolic plane. A modern use of hyperbolic geometry is in the theory of special relativity, particularly the Minkowski model. When geometers first realised they were working with something other than the standard Euclidean geometry, they described their geomet ...
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Journal Of The American Mathematical Society
The ''Journal of the American Mathematical Society'' (''JAMS''), is a quarterly peer-reviewed mathematical journal published by the American Mathematical Society. It was established in January 1988. Abstracting and indexing This journal is abstracted and indexed in:Indexing and archiving notes
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Brian Bowditch
Brian Hayward Bowditch (born 1961
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) is a British mathematician known for his contributions to and , particularly in the areas of and

Journal Für Die Reine Und Angewandte Mathematik
''Crelle's Journal'', or just ''Crelle'', is the common name for a mathematics journal, the ''Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik'' (in English: ''Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics''). History The journal was founded by August Leopold Crelle (Berlin) in 1826 and edited by him until his death in 1855. It was one of the first major mathematical journals that was not a proceedings of an academy. It has published many notable papers, including works of Niels Henrik Abel, Georg Cantor, Gotthold Eisenstein, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Otto Hesse. It was edited by Carl Wilhelm Borchardt from 1856 to 1880, during which time it was known as ''Borchardt's Journal''. The current editor-in-chief is Rainer Weissauer (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) Past editors * 1826–1856 August Leopold Crelle * 1856–1880 Carl Wilhelm Borchardt * 1881–1888 Leopold Kronecker, Karl Weierstrass * 1889–1892 Leopold Kronecker * 1892–1902 Lazarus Fuchs * 1903–1928 Kurt Hens ...
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