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Quasiconvex subset

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A subset Y of a geodesic metric space is K-quasiconvex when every geodesic between points of Y lies in the closed K-neighborhood of Y.
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Quasiconvex subset
A subgroup is quasiconvex when it is a quasiconvex subset of a Cayley graph. In a hyperbolic group, a finitely generated subgroup is quasiconvex exactly when it is quasi-isometrically embedded.

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