CONTENTS

1. Surface topology and involutive bimodules (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)------------------------1

　　　　Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo　　　KAWAZUMI,Nariya

　

2. On outer components of the homology group of the homological Goldman Lie algebra (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)---25

　　　　Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo　　　TODA,Kazuki

　

3. 点つき球面の写像類群の安定交換子長について (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)----------------------43

　　　　Faculty of Education, Gifu University　　　佐藤 正寿　(SATO,Masatoshi)

　

4. Variational formulations of the Funk and Apollonian weak metrics on convex sets (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)---57

　　　　Department of Mathematics, Gakushuin University　　　YAMADA,Sumio

　

5. The universal relatively hyperbolic structure on a group and relative quasiconvexity for subgroups (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)---73

　　　　Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo / Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Ehime University / Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University　　　Matsuda,Yoshifumi / Oguni,Shin-ichi / Yamagata,Saeko

　

6. Thurston's metric on Teichmuller space and isomorphisms between Fuchsian groups (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)---95

　　　　Universite de Strasbourg・CNRS / Department of Mathematics, Fudan University　　　PAPADOPOULOS,Athanase / SU,Weixu

　

7. The growth series for pure Artin monoids of dihedral type (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)------111

　　　　Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University / Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science Division II, Tokyo University of Science　　　FUJII,Michihiko / SATOH,Takao

　

8. A variation of McShane's identity for 2-bridge links and its possible generalization (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)---131

　　　　Department of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University / Department of Mathematics, Pusan National University / Department of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University　　　AKIYOSHI,Hirotaka / LEE,Donghi / SAKUMA,Makoto

　

9. Trace identity for parabolic elements of $SL(2,\mathbb{C})$, II (Analysis and Geometry of Discrete Groups and Hyperbolic Spaces)---149

　　　　Department of Mathematics, Shimane University　　　NAKANISHI,Toshihiro