Geometric dimension of groups for the family of virtually cyclic subgroups.

DOI10.1112/JTOPOL/JTT045zbMATH Open1344.20056arXiv1204.3482OpenAlexW1995956985MaRDI QIDQ2921095FDOQ2921095

Authors: Dieter Degrijse, Nansen Petrosyan 

Publication date: 30 September 2014

Published in: Journal of Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: By studying commensurators of virtually cyclic groups, we prove that every elementary amenable group of finite Hirsch length h and cardinality aleph-n admits a finite dimensional classifying space with virtually cyclic stabilizers of dimension n+h+2. We also provide a criterion for groups that fit into an extension with torsion-free quotient to admit a finite dimensional classifying space with virtually cyclic stabilizers. Finally, we exhibit examples of integral linear groups of type F whose geometric dimension for the family of virtually cyclic subgroups is finite but arbitrarily larger than the geometric dimension for proper actions. This answers a question posed by W. Lueck.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.3482

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zbMATH Keywords

classifying spacesvirtually cyclic groupscommensuratorsgeometric dimensionelementary amenable groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Geometric group theory (20F65) Homological methods in group theory (20J05) Classifying spaces of groups and (H)-spaces in algebraic topology (55R35) Other matrix groups over fields (20H20)

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