The limit set of a Fuchsian group
The limit set of a Fuchsian group
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02392046
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发表时间:
1976-12
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
S. Patterson
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作者:
S. Patterson
In this paper we shall consider the limit set of a finitely generated Fuchsian group of the second kind. In particular, we shall attempt to calculate the Hausdorff dimension of the limit set. If the group, G, has no parabolic elements this is actually achieved in section 4, whereas, if G has parabolic elements we can obtain partial results which are discussed in section 5. The proof of these results involves the construction of a measure supported on the limit set, from which, at least in principle, we can obtain a lower bound for the Hausdorff dimension. This bound is the same as the upper bound found by Beardon [4]. The actual measure which we construct proves to be intimately related to the theory of the Laplace operator on G\H, and consequently we obtain new insights into both of these. This allows us, for example, to give a new proof of a theorem of Beardon [4](see the Corollary to Theorem 7.1).