RAAGs in Ham
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: RAAGs in Ham
zbMATH Open document ID: 1262.53070
author: Michael Kapovich
published in: Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA
publication date: 2013-02-04T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0348
full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0004-1D8D-E
review text: A right-angled Artin group is a group generated by the vertices of a finite undirected graph, and whose relations are given by commutation of adjacent vertices. The author proves that for every finite graph, the associated right-angled Artin group embeds into the group \(\mathrm{Ham}(S^2)\) of Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms of the \(2\)-sphere in such a way that it pointwise preserves a closed disk in \(S^2\). As a corollary, every subgroup of a right-angled Artin group embeds into the group of Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms of every symplectic manifold. The proof proceeds as follows: First, one finds a closed, orientable surface into which a given right-angled Artin group embeds. Then, one appropriately lifts to the universal cover of the surface, which is identified with the hyperbolic plane lying in the Riemann sphere. Finally, one does a mollifier-type approximation to get a faithful representation of the right-angled Artin group into \(\mathrm{Ham}(S^2)\). The author also provides some open questions.
reviewed by: Thomas Koberda
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53D05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F36
zbMATH DE Number: 6134377
zbMATH Keywords: Hamiltonian symplectomorphism
zbMATH Keywords: mapping class group
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
OpenAlex ID: W2040841686
arXiv ID: 1104.0348
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DOI: 10.1007/S00039-012-0180-9
description: scientific article