Geodesic
Representations of polygons of finite groups
Kapovich, Michael1
1 Department of Mathematics, University of California, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, USA
Geometry & topology, Tome 9 (2005) no. 4, pp. 1915-1951.

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We construct discrete and faithful representations into the isometry group of a hyperbolic space of the fundamental groups of acute negatively curved even-sided polygons of finite groups.

DOI : 10.2140/gt.2005.9.1915
Keywords: hyperbolic groups, polygons of groups

Kapovich, Michael 1

1 Department of Mathematics, University of California, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, USA 
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