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Let X be a proper hyperbolic geodesic metric space and let G be a closed subgroup of the isometry group Iso(X) of X. We show that if G is not elementary then for every p ∈ (1, ∞) the second continuous bounded cohomology group H2 cb (G, Lp(G)) does not vanish. As an application, we derive some structure results for closed subgroups of Iso(X).
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Received: October 2007, Revision: February 2008, Accepted: March 2008
Partially supported by Sonderforschungsbereich 611.
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Hamenstädt, U. Isometry Groups of Proper Hyperbolic Spaces. Geom. Funct. Anal. 19, 170–205 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00039-009-0719-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00039-009-0719-6