Stature and separability in graphs of groups

Abstract: We introduce the notion of finite stature of a family

H_{i}

of subgroups of a group

G

. We investigate the separability of subgroups of a group

G

that splits as a graph of hyperbolic special groups with quasiconvex edge groups. We prove that when the vertex groups of

G

have finite stature, then quasiconvex subgroups of the vertex groups of

G

are separable in

G

. We present some partial results in a relatively hyperbolic framework.

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