Let G be a countable group which acts by isometries on a separable, but not necessarily proper, Gromov hyperbolic space X. We say the action of G is weakly hyperbolic if G contains two independent hyperbolic isometries. We show that a random walk on such G converges to the Gromov boundary almost surely. We apply the convergence result to show linear progress and linear growth of translation length, without any assumptions on the moments of the random walk. If the action is acylindrical, and the random walk has finite entropy and finite logarithmic moment, we show that the Gromov boundary with the hitting measure is the Poisson boundary.

Random walks on weakly hyperbolic groups / Maher, J.; Tiozzo, G.. - In: JOURNAL FÜR DIE REINE UND ANGEWANDTE MATHEMATIK. - ISSN 0075-4102. - 2018:742(2018), pp. 187-239. [10.1515/crelle-2015-0076]

Random walks on weakly hyperbolic groups

Tiozzo G.
2018

Abstract

Let G be a countable group which acts by isometries on a separable, but not necessarily proper, Gromov hyperbolic space X. We say the action of G is weakly hyperbolic if G contains two independent hyperbolic isometries. We show that a random walk on such G converges to the Gromov boundary almost surely. We apply the convergence result to show linear progress and linear growth of translation length, without any assumptions on the moments of the random walk. If the action is acylindrical, and the random walk has finite entropy and finite logarithmic moment, we show that the Gromov boundary with the hitting measure is the Poisson boundary.
2018
random walks; hyperbolic spaces; Poisson boundary
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Random walks on weakly hyperbolic groups / Maher, J.; Tiozzo, G.. - In: JOURNAL FÜR DIE REINE UND ANGEWANDTE MATHEMATIK. - ISSN 0075-4102. - 2018:742(2018), pp. 187-239. [10.1515/crelle-2015-0076]
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