Surveys in Differential Geometry

Volume 25 (2020)

Some groups with planar boundaries

Pages: 253 – 280

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/SDG.2020.v25.n1.a7

Authors

Sang-Hyun Kim (School of Mathematics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, South Korea)

Genevieve Walsh (Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)

Abstract

In this expository note, we illustrate phenomena and conjectures about boundaries of hyperbolic groups by considering the special cases of certain amalgams of hyperbolic groups. While doing so, we describe fundamental results on hyperbolic groups and their boundaries by Bowditch [5] and Haissinsky [27], along with special treatments for the boundaries of free groups by Otal [48] and Cashen [15].

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Published 13 July 2022