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A note on nilpotent subgroups of automorphism groups of RAAGs

Group Theory 2018-03-23 v1

Abstract

We observe that automorphism groups of right-angled Artin groups contain nilpotent non-abelian subgroups, namely H3(Z)H_3(\mathbb{Z}) the three-dimensional integer Heisenberg group, provided they admit a certain type of element, called an adjacent transvection. This represents a (minor) extension of a result of Charney-Vogtmann.

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@article{arxiv.1803.08284,
  title  = {A note on nilpotent subgroups of automorphism groups of RAAGs},
  author = {Javier Aramayona and Anthony Genevois},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.08284},
  year   = {2018}
}

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4 pages. Not intended for journal publication. Comments are welcome