Weak \mathcal Z-structures and one-relator groups

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2022.107177MaRDI QIDQ6405419arXivWikidataFDO

Authors Manuel Cárdenas, Francisco F. Lasheras, Antonio Quintero

Publication date 19 July 2022

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JPAA.2022.107177

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

arXiv classification

math.GT

Abstract: Motivated by the notion of boundary for hyperbolic and $CAT(0)$ groups, M. Bestvina in "Local Homology Properties of Boundaries of Groups" introduced the notion of a (weak) $mathcalZ$-structure and (weak) $mathcalZ$-boundary for a group $G$ of type $mathcalF$ (i.e., having a finite $K(G,1)$ complex), with implications concerning the Novikov conjecture for $G$. Since then, some classes of groups have been shown to admit a weak $mathcalZ$-structure (see "Weak $mathcalZ$-structures for some classes of groups" by C.R. Guilbault for example), but the question whether or not every group of type $mathcalF$ admits such a structure remains open. In this paper, we show that every torsion free one-relator group admits a weak $mathcalZ$-structure, by showing that they are all properly aspherical at infinity; moreover, in the $1$-ended case the corresponding weak $mathcalZ$-boundary has the shape of either a circle or a Hawaiian earring depending on whether the group is a virtually surface group or not. Finally, we extend this result to a wider class of groups still satisfying a Freiheitssatz property.

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