Graphical complexes of groups

DOI10.1515/JGTH-2021-0118MaRDI QIDQ6122746zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tomasz Prytuła

Publication date 1 March 2024

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.08187

zbMATH Keywords

Coxeter systemsDavis complexgraphical complex of groupsright-angled Coxeter groupsmall cancellationTits alternative

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67)

Abstract: We introduce graphical complexes of groups, which can be thought of as a generalisation of Coxeter systems with 1-dimensional nerves. We show that these complexes are strictly developable, and we equip the resulting Basic Construction with three structures of non-positive curvature: piecewise linear CAT(0), C(6) graphical small cancellation, and a systolic one. We then use these structures to establish various properties of the fundamental groups of these complexes, such as biautomaticity and Tits Alternative. We isolate an easily checkable condition implying hyperbolicity of the fundamental groups, and we construct some non-hyperbolic examples. We also briefly discuss a parallel theory of C(4)-T(4) graphical complexes of groups and outline their basic properties.

Review text

Let \(\Gamma\) be a simplicial graph of girth at least \(4\) and let \(W(\Gamma)\) be its associated right-angled Coxeter group. The Davis complex for \(W(\Gamma)\) (see [\textit{M. W. Davis}, The geometry and topology of Coxeter groups. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (2008; Zbl 1142.20020)]) has a natural structure of a graphical small cancellation complex, in the sense that it is built out of copies of a simplicial cone over \(\Gamma\), with two such copies sharing at most a subgraph of \(\Gamma\) in each copy. Small cancellation conditions of this complex are controlled by the girth of \(\Gamma\). This observation led the author to introduce the concept graphical complexes of groups, which can be thought of as a generalisation of Coxeter groups with 1-dimensional nerves. The author shows that these complexes are strictly developable, and he equips the resulting basic construction with three structures of non-positive curvature: piecewise linear \(\mathrm{CAT}(0)\), \(C(6)\) graphical small cancellation, and a systolic one. He then uses these structures to establish various properties of the fundamental groups of these complexes, such as biautomaticity and the Tits alternative. He isolates an easily checkable condition implying hyperbolicity of the fundamental groups, and constructs some non-hyperbolic examples. He also discusses a parallel theory of \(C(4)\)-\(T(4)\) graphical complexes of groups and outline their basic properties.

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