The role of funnels and punctures in the Gromov hyperbolicity of Riemann surfaces

Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 399-425

  Portilla, Ana ^a   Rodríguez, José M ^a   Tourís, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Funnel; Hyperbolicity; Puncture; Riemann surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744781786     PISSN: 00130915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0013091504001555     Document Type: Article

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