Right-angled Artin groups and a generalized isomorphism problem for finitely generated subgroups of mapping class groups

DOI10.1007/S00039-012-0198-ZzbMATH Open1282.37024arXiv1007.1118OpenAlexW2089862158MaRDI QIDQ1934646FDOQ1934646

Authors: Thomas Koberda 

Publication date: 29 January 2013

Published in: Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Consider the mapping class group $Mo{d}_{g,p}$ of a surface $Sigm{a}_{g,p}$ of genus $g$ with $p$ punctures, and a finite collection $f_1,\mathrm{...},f_k$ of mapping classes, each of which is either a Dehn twist about a simple closed curve or a pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism supported on a connected subsurface. In this paper we prove that for all sufficiently large $N$, the mapping classes $f_1^N,\mathrm{...},f_k^N$ generate a right-angled Artin group. The right-angled Artin group which they generate can be determined from the combinatorial topology of the mapping classes themselves. When $f_1,\mathrm{...},f_k$ are arbitrary mapping classes, we show that sufficiently large powers of these mapping classes generate a group which embeds in a right-angled Artin group in a controlled way. We establish some analogous results for real and complex hyperbolic manifolds. We also discuss the unsolvability of the isomorphism problem for finitely generated subgroups of $Mo{d}_{g,p}$, and prove that the isomorphism problem for right-angled Artin groups is solvable. We thus characterize the isomorphism type of many naturally occurring subgroups of $Mo{d}_{g,p}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.1118

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zbMATH Keywords

right-angled Artin groupssubgroups of mapping class groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isomorphism problems in graph theory (reconstruction conjecture, etc.) and homomorphisms (subgraph embedding, etc.) (05C60) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Dynamical systems involving homeomorphisms and diffeomorphisms of planes and surfaces (37E30)

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