Cannon-Thurston maps for hyperbolic group extensions
For a hyperbolic group \(K\) in the sense of \textit{M. Gromov} [in Essays in group theory, Publ., Math. Sci. Res. Inst. 8, 75-263 (1985; Zbl 0634.20015)], the Cayley graph \(\Gamma_K\) with respect to a finite set of generators admits a compactification \(\widehat\Gamma_K\); this compactification is obtained by adding the Gromov boundary, which consists of classes of asymptotes of geodesics, to \(\Gamma_K\). Given a hyperbolic group \(G\) and a normal subgroup \(H\) thereof which is itself a hyperbolic group, together with a finite set of generators for \(G\) and one for \(H\), there is a continuous proper embedding \(i\) of the Cayley graph \(\Gamma_H\) into the Cayley graph \(\Gamma_G\) of \(G\); the main result of the paper says that the inclusion \(i\) extends to a continuous map from \(\widehat\Gamma_H\) to \(\widehat\Gamma_G\) (which is necessarily unique). When \(G\) is the fundamental group of a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold fibering over the circle and when \(H\) is the fundamental group of the fibre, this result reduces to one of Cannon and Thurston.
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1140352