On graphic arrangement groups

DOI10.1016/J.AAM.2020.102130arXiv1908.07664MaRDI QIDQ6323974FDOQ6323974

Authors: Daniel C. Cohen, Michael Falk 

Publication date: 20 August 2019

Abstract: A finite simple graph $Gamma$ determines a quotient $P_{G}amma$ of the pure braid group, called a graphic arrangement group. We analyze homomorphisms of these groups defined by deletion of sets of vertices, using methods developed in prior joint work with R. Randell. We show that, for a $K_4$-free graph $Gamma$, a product of deletion maps is injective, embedding $P_{G}amma$ in a product of free groups. Then $P_{G}amma$ is residually free, torsion-free, residually torsion-free nilpotent, and acts properly on a CAT(0) cube complex. We also show $P_{G}amma$ is of homological finiteness type $F_{m-1}$, but not $F_m$, where $m$ is the number of copies of $K_3$ in $Gamma$, except in trivial cases. The embedding result is extended to graphs whose 4-cliques share at most one edge, giving an injection of $P_{G}amma$ into the product of pure braid groups corresponding to maximal cliques of $Gamma$. We give examples showing that this map may inject in more general circumstances. We define the graphic braid group $B_{G}amma$ as a natural extension of $P_{G}amma$ by the automorphism group of $Gamma$, and extend our homological finiteness result to these groups.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35)

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