Maps between Relatively Hyperbolic Boundaries

Abhijit Pal, Rana Sardar

Published 2024-01-26Version 1

Let $G_1,G_2$ be two word hyperbolic groups and $f:\partial G_1\to \partial G_2$ be a homeomorphism between their Gromov boundaries. F. Paulin proved that if $f$ is a quasi-M\"obius equivalence then there exists a quasi-isometry $\Phi f: G_1\to G_2$ such that $\Phi f$ induces the homeomorphism $f$ between the Gromov boundaries of $G_1$ and $G_2$. The proof given by Paulin was written in French, keeping an eye for broad readers, we will first reproduce Paulin's work and then extend Paulin's results to relatively hyperbolic groups. Given two relatively hyperbolic groups, we will show that a cusp preserving quasi-isometry induces a homeomorphism between their relatively hyperbolic boundaries preserving parabolic endpoints and the induced homeomorphism linearly distorts the exit points of bi-infinite geodesics to combinatorial horoballs. Conversely, we will then show that a homeomorphism between relatively hyperbolic boundaries preserving parabolic endpoints and distorting the exit points of bi-infinite geodesics to combinatorial horoballs linearly will induce a cusp preserving quasi-isometry between the relatively hyperbolic groups.