Asymptotic geometry of lamplighters over one-ended groups

arXiv2105.04878MaRDI QIDQ6367352FDOQ6367352

Publication date: 11 May 2021

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the asymptotic geometry of wreath products

where

F

is a finite group and

H

a one-ended finitely presented group. Our main result is a complete classification of these groups up to quasi-isometry. More precisely, given two finite groups

F_{1}, F_{2}

and two finitely presented one-ended groups

H_{1}, H_{2}

, we show that

F_{1} w r H_{1}

and

F_{2} w r H_{2}

are quasi-isometric if and only if either (i)

H_{1}, H_{2}

are non-amenable quasi-isometric groups and

| F_{1} |, | F_{2} |

have the same prime divisors, or (ii)

H_{1}, H_{2}

are amenable,

| F_{1} | = k^{n_{1}}

and

| F_{2} | = k^{n_{2}}

for some

k, n_{1}, n_{2} g e q 1

, and there exists a quasi-

(n_{2} / n_{1})

-to-one quasi-isometry

H_{1} o H_{2}

. The article also contains algebraic information on groups quasi-isometric to such wreath products. This can be seen as far reaching extension of a celebrated work of Eskin-Fisher-Whyte who treated the case of

H = m a t h b b Z

. Our approach is however fundamentally different, as it crucially exploits the assumption that

H

is one-ended. Our central tool is a new geometric interpretation of lamplighter groups involving natural families of quasi-median spaces.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

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