Fixed subgroups of automorphisms of relatively hyperbolic groups.

DOI10.1093/QMATH/HAR015MaRDI QIDQ2907043zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ashot Minasyan, Denis Osin

Publication date 5 September 2012

Published in The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.2361, https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/181801/1/AutFix-11.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

automorphismsfinitely generated groupsfinitely presented groupsfixed subgroupslimit groupsperipheral subgroupsrelatively hyperbolic groupsrelatively quasiconvex subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67)

Abstract: Let G be a finitely generated relatively hyperbolic group. We show that if no peripheral subgroup of G is hyperbolic relative to a collection of proper subgroups, then the fixed subgroup of every automorphism of G is relatively quasiconvex. It follows that the fixed subgroup is itself relatively hyperbolic with respect to a natural family of peripheral subgroups. If all peripheral subgroups of G are slender (respectively, slender and coherent), our result implies that the fixed subgroup of every automorphism of G is finitely generated (respectively, finitely presented). In particular, this happens when G is a limit group, and thus for any automorphism phi of G, Fix(phi) is a limit subgroup of G.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a finitely generated group and let \(\text{Fix}(\varphi)\) denote the subgroup of \(G\) that consists of the elements fixed by an automorphism \(\varphi\). \textit{S. M. Gersten} proved that if \(G\) is a free group then \(\text{Fix}(\varphi)\) is finitely generated for every \(\varphi\in\Aut(G)\) [Adv. Math. 64, 51-85 (1987; Zbl 0616.20014)]. Among several known generalizations of Gersten's result we can mention the work of \textit{W. D. Neumann} who showed that for every word hyperbolic group \(G\) and every \(\varphi\in\Aut(G)\), \(\text{Fix}(\varphi)\) is quasiconvex in \(G\) [Invent. Math. 110, No. 1, 147-150 (1992; Zbl 0793.20033)].NEWLINENEWLINE The main theorem of the present article generalizes these results to a much bigger class of groups:NEWLINENEWLINE Theorem 1. Let \(G\) be a relatively hyperbolic group such that no peripheral subgroup of \(G\) is hyperbolic relative to a collection of proper subgroups. Then for every \(\varphi\in\Aut(G)\), the fixed subgroup \(\text{Fix}(\varphi)\) is relatively quasiconvex in \(G\).NEWLINENEWLINE The theorem has several interesting corollaries discussed in the introduction to the paper. First, the authors point out that \(\text{Fix}(\varphi)\) is itself relatively hyperbolic with respect to a natural family of peripheral subgroups. Then they show that if all peripheral subgroups of \(G\) are slender (resp., slender and coherent) then \(\text{Fix}(\varphi)\) is finitely generated (resp., finitely presented). In particular, this happens when \(G\) is a limit group and implies in this case that \(\text{Fix}(\varphi)\) is a limit subgroup of \(G\) for any \(\varphi\in\Aut(G)\).

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