Suppose G is a Gromov hyperbolic group, and ∂∞ G is
quasisymmetrically homeomorphic to an Ahlfors Q–regular metric
2–sphere Z with Ahlfors regular conformal dimension Q. Then G
acts discretely, cocompactly, and isometrically on H3.
Received: 28 July 2003
Revised: 3 April 2004
Accepted: 09 December 2004
Published: 26 January 2005
Proposed: David Gabai
Seconded: Jean-Pierre Otal, Walter Neumann