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G^3 = Geometric Groups on the Gulf coast
March 26-28, 1998
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL, USA

Organizers
Stephen Brick, Jon Corson

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Translation numbers in word hyperbolic groups
by
Aleksandar Poleksic
Florida State University

We give a quick proof of the claim of Gromov (proved by Swenson) that the translation numbers of elements in a word hyperbolic group are rational with bounded denominator. The proof provides a new bound for the size of denominator of these numbers.

Date received: March 11, 1998

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