The infinite word problem and limit sets in Fuchsian groups

Abstract

AbstractLet Г be a finitely generated non-elementary Fuchsian group acting in the disk. With the exception of a small number of co-compact Г, we give a representation of g ∈ Г as a product of a fixed set of generators Гo in a unique shortest ‘admissible form’. Words in this form satisfy rules which after a suitable coding are of finite type. The space of infinite sequences Σ of generators satisfying the same rules is identified in a natural way with the limit set Λ of Г by a map which is bijective except at a countable number of points where it is two to one. We use the theory of Gibbs measures onΣ to construct the so-called Patterson measure on Λ [8], [9]. This measure is, in fact, Hausdorff 5-dimensional measure on Λ, where S is the exponent of convergence of Г.