Model geometries of finitely generated groups
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Publication:6405645
arXiv2207.10509MaRDI QIDQ6405645FDOQ6405645
Authors: Alex Margolis 
Publication date: 21 July 2022
Abstract: We study model geometries of finitely generated groups. If a finitely generated group does not contain a non-trivial finite rank free abelian commensurated subgroup, we show any model geometry is dominated by either a symmetric space of non-compact type, an infinite locally finite vertex-transitive graph, or a product of such spaces. We also prove that a finitely generated group possesses a model geometry not dominated by a locally finite graph if and only if it contains either a commensurated finite rank free abelian subgroup, or a uniformly commensurated subgroup that is a uniform lattice in a semisimple Lie group. This characterises finitely generated groups that embed as uniform lattices in locally compact groups that are not compact-by-(totally disconnected). We show the only such groups of cohomological two are surface groups and generalised Baumslag-Solitar groups, and we obtain an analogous characterisation for groups of cohomological dimension three.
Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)
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