Cubulating Surface-by-free Groups

MaRDI QIDQ6323453zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jason Fox Manning, Mahan Mj, Michah Sageev

Publication date 9 August 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: Let ${\displaystyle }$1 o H o G o Q o 1${\displaystyle }$ be an exact sequence where $H=p{i}_1(S)$ is the fundamental group of a closed surface $S$ of genus greater than one, $G$ is hyperbolic and $Q$ is finitely generated free. The aim of this paper is to provide sufficient conditions to prove that $G$ is cubulable and construct examples satisfying these conditions. The main result may be thought of as a combination theorem for virtually special hyperbolic groups when the amalgamating subgroup is not quasiconvex. Ingredients include the theory of tracks, the quasiconvex hierarchy theorem of Wise, the distance estimates in the mapping class group from subsurface projections due to Masur-Minsky and the model geometry for doubly degenerate Kleinian surface groups used in the proof of the ending lamination theorem.

This page was built for publication: Cubulating Surface-by-free Groups

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6323453)