An algebraic annulus theorem

DOI10.2140/PJM.2000.196.461MaRDI QIDQ5929051zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter Scott, Gadde A. Swarup

Publication date 17 April 2001

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9608206

zbMATH Keywords

annulus theorem for 3-manifoldshyperbolic groupsnumbers of endssubgroups of finite index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General structure theorems for groups (20E34) Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: We present an extension of Dunwoody's theory of tracks and use it to prove an analogue of the annulus theorem for hyperbolic groups.

Review text

The authors prove the following analogue for hyperbolic groups of the annulus theorem for 3-manifolds: Theorem. Let \(G\) be a torsion-free hyperbolic group with one end. Suppose that \(G\) has an infinite cyclic subgroup such that the number of ends of the pair \((G,H)\) is greater than one. Then \(G\) splits over some infinite cyclic subgroup. Corollary. Let \(G'\) be a subgroup of finite index in a torsion-free hyperbolic group \(G\). Then \(G\) splits over an infinite cyclic group iff \(G'\) splits over an infinite cyclic group. The proof of the above Theorem is divided into two cases. The first one is when \(G\) has an infinite cyclic subgroup \(H\) such that the number of ends of the pair \((G,H)\) is greater or equal to 3. The second one for the other cases. Moreover, the proofs are different in those two cases. The methods of proofs use an extension of the general theory of patterns and tracks in 2-complexes. This theory was introduced by \textit{M. J. Dunwoody} [in Invent. Math. 81, 449-457 (1985; Zbl 0572.20025)]. Finally, the authors mention that the above result has also been proved by \textit{B. H. Bowditch} [in Acta Math. 180, No. 2, 145-186 (1998; Zbl 0911.57001)] by a different method. Also, they mention that the results have been generalized to the case of arbitrary finitely presented groups and splittings over virtually polycyclic groups [cf. \textit{M. J. Dunwoody} and \textit{E. L. Swenson}, Invent. Math. 140, No. 3, 605-637 (2000; Zbl 1017.20034)].

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