Liftable automorphisms of right-angled Artin groups

Abstract: Let

v a r p h i c o l o n L a m b d a o G a m m a

be a regular unbranched cover of simplicial graphs without isolated vertices. Then, if

f

is an automorphism of

A_{G} a m m a

, the right-angled Artin-Tits group associated to

G a m m a

, we first study whether there exists an automorphism

F

of

A_{L} a m b d a

which is a lift of

f

. We then prove that the group

o p e r a t o r n a m e L A u t (v a r p h i)

consisting of all the liftable automorphisms of

A_{G} a m m a

is finitely generated by the set of elementary automorphisms admitting a lift. Finally, we show that the group

o p e r a t o r n a m e F D e c k (v a r p h i)

of all the lifts of the identity is commensurable to a subgroup of the Torelli group

o p e r a t o r n a m e {I A}_{L} a m b d a

and deduce from this the existence of a short exact sequence which is reminiscent of results from the Birman-Hilden theory for surfaces.

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