Paper 4, Section II, F

Geometry of Group Actions
Part II, 2009

Define three-dimensional hyperbolic space, the translation length of an isometry of hyperbolic 3 -space, and the axis of a hyperbolic isometry. Briefly explain how and why the latter two concepts are related.

Find the translation length of the isometries defined by (i) zkz,kC\{0}z \mapsto k z, k \in \mathbb{C} \backslash\{0\} and (ii) z3z+27z+5z \mapsto \frac{3 z+2}{7 z+5}.