English

Arc and curve graphs for infinite-type surfaces

Geometric Topology 2015-11-11 v2

Abstract

We study arc graphs and curve graphs for surfaces of infinite topological type. First, we define an arc graph relative to a finite number of (isolated) punctures and prove that it is a connected, uniformly hyperbolic graph of infinite diameter; this extends a recent result of J. Bavard to a large class of punctured surfaces. Second, we study the subgraph of the curve graph spanned by those elements which intersect a fixed separating curve on the surface. We show that this graph has infinite diameter and geometric rank 3, and thus is not hyperbolic.

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@article{arxiv.1510.07805,
  title  = {Arc and curve graphs for infinite-type surfaces},
  author = {Javier Aramayona and Ariadna Fossas and Hugo Parlier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.07805},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures. Corrections made, a proof simplified, main results unchanged

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