A cubical Rips construction (Q6660975)

To construct examples of groups satisfying combinations of properties that are not obviously compatible, the exact sequence introduced by \textit{E. Rips} in [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 14, 45--47 (1982; Zbl 0481.20020)] is extremely useful.\N\NIn the paper under review, the author proposes a new variation of Rips' exact sequence. Let \(Q\) be a finitely presented group and \(G\) be the fundamental group of a compact special (in the sense of [\textit{F. Haglund} and \textit{D. T. Wise}, Geom. Funct. Anal. 17(2007), No. 5, 1551--1620 (2008; Zbl 1155.53025)]) cube complex \(X\). He proves that, if \(G\) is hyperbolic and nonelementary, then there is a short exact sequence\N\[\N1 \rightarrow N \rightarrow \Gamma \rightarrow Q \rightarrow 1\N\]\Nwhere: (i) \(\Gamma\) is a hyperbolic cocompactly cubulated group; (ii) \(N \simeq G/K\) for some \(K \le G\); (iii) \(\max \{\mathrm{cd}(G),2 \} \geq \mathrm{cd}(\Gamma) \geq \mathrm{cd}(G)-1\) and \(\Gamma\) is torsion-free.