Commensurability invariance for abelian splittings of right-angled Artin groups, braid groups and loop braid groups

DOI10.2140/AGT.2019.19.1247arXiv1705.07470MaRDI QIDQ6286935FDOQ6286935

Authors: Matthew C. B. Zaremsky 

Publication date: 21 May 2017

Abstract: We prove that if a right-angled Artin group $A_{G}amma$ is abstractly commensurable to a group splitting non-trivially as an amalgam or HNN-extension over $mathbb{Z}^n$, then $A_{G}amma$ must itself split non-trivially over $mathbb{Z}^k$ for some $klen$. Consequently, if two right-angled Artin groups $A_{G}amma$ and $A_{D}elta$ are commensurable and $Gamma$ has no separating $k$-cliques for any $klen$ then neither does $Delta$, so "smallest size of separating clique" is a commensurability invariant. We also discuss some implications for issues of quasi-isometry. Using similar methods we also prove that for $nge4$ the braid group $B_n$ is not abstractly commensurable to any group that splits non-trivially over a "free group-free" subgroup, and the same holds for $nge3$ for the loop braid group $L{B}_n$. Our approach makes heavy use of the Bieri--Neumann--Strebel invariant.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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