Centralizers in A₂ groups

DOI10.1515/JGT.2010.085MaRDI QIDQ2882816zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Guyan Robertson

Publication date 7 May 2012

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.2531

zbMATH Keywords

buildingscentralizer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Buildings and the geometry of diagrams (51E24)

Abstract: Let $Gamma$ be a torsion free discrete group acting cocompactly on a two dimensional euclidean building $Delta$. The centralizer of an element of $Gamma$ is either a Bieberbach group or is described by a finite graph of finite cyclic groups. Explicit examples are computed, with $Delta$ of type $widetilde{A}_2$.

Review text

Let \(X\) be a 2-dimensional building and \(\Gamma\) be a discrete, torsion-free, cocompact subgroup of \(\mathrm{Aut}(X)\). The object of this paper is to analyze the centralizer \(Z(g)\) in \(\Gamma\) of an element \(g\in \Gamma\). The focus is mainly on the exotic case, when there is no matrix description of \(\Gamma\) possible.NEWLINENEWLINESince \(\Gamma\) is torsion-free, any \(g\in\Gamma\) is hyperbolic and hence has an axis. The analysis of \(Z(g)\) depends on the geometric situation of this set of axis: If \(g\) has only one axis, then \(Z(g)=\langle g\rangle\) is infinite cyclic. If not, and \(g\) has a regular axis, then \(Z(g)\) is a Bieberbach group, acting discretely and cocompactly on a plane. If \(g\) has an axis which is not regular (and hence all of its axis are), then \(Z(g)/\langle g\rangle\) acts on a tree without inversion, with cyclic stabilizers.

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