{ "id": "math/0411435", "version": "v3", "published": "2004-11-19T15:06:02.000Z", "updated": "2005-01-31T09:44:05.000Z", "title": "Bounded geometry in relatively hyperbolic groups", "authors": [ "F. Dahmani", "A. Yaman" ], "journal": "New York J. Math. 11 (2005), pp. 89--95.", "categories": [ "math.GR", "math.GT" ], "abstract": "We prove that, if a group is relatively hyperbolic, the parabolic subgroups are virtually nilpotent if and only if there exists a hyperbolic space with bounded geometry on which it acts geometrically finitely. This provides, by use of M. Bonk and O. Schramm embedding theorem, a very short proof of the finiteness of asymptotic dimension of relatively hyperbolic groups with virtually nilpotent parabolic subgroups (which is known to imply Novikov conjectures", "revisions": [ { "version": "v3", "updated": "2005-01-31T09:44:05.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "20F67", "20F69" ], "keywords": [ "relatively hyperbolic groups", "bounded geometry", "virtually nilpotent parabolic subgroups", "schramm embedding theorem", "short proof" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2004math.....11435D" } } }