Isoperimetric constants for conservative Fuchsian groups

Abstract

The critical exponents of conservative Fuchsian groups are bounded from below by 1/2. It is proved in this note that this result is sharp by giving a sequence of conservative Fuchsian groups whose critical exponents converge to 1/2. The proof is carried out by estimating the isoperimetric constants of hyperbolic surfaces associated with the Fuchsian groups.