Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/iii/paper-133/3/d/solution

A hyperbolic isometry of a tree has a unique invariant axis of a tree isometry, on which it acts by a nonzero translation. Let be the axis of . By part (c), is central, so for every ,
Thus is another axis of . Uniqueness gives , and hence the whole group preserves the line .
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