Commensurators of abelian subgroups of biautomatic groups

DOI10.1007/S10711-022-00758-8arXiv2104.13688MaRDI QIDQ6366348FDOQ6366348

Publication date: 28 April 2021

Abstract: We show that the commensurator of any finitely generated abelian subgroup

H

in a biautomatic group centralises a finite-index subgroup of

H

. We deduce that the CAT(0) groups introduced by Leary-Minasyan are either biautomatic or cannot arise as subgroups of biautomatic groups, answering a question posed by Leary-Minasyan and generalising an analogous result for Baumslag-Solitar groups. These are the first examples of CAT(0) groups that are not subgroups of biautomatic groups.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10)

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