Classification of Artin groups admitting retractions onto their parabolic subgroups
Group Theory
2026-03-17 v1
Abstract
We classify the Artin groups that admit retractions onto all of their parabolic subgroups. Our approach relies on a detailed analysis of triangular subgroups, with a key ingredient being the classification of homomorphisms between dihedral Artin groups that map one of the standard generators to a standard generator. As a consequence, we show that whenever an Artin group admits retractions to parabolic subgroups, it also admits ordinary ones - that is, retractions that send each standard generator either to a standard generator or to the identity.
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@article{arxiv.2603.15314,
title = {Classification of Artin groups admitting retractions onto their parabolic subgroups},
author = {Bruno Aarón Cisneros de la Cruz and María Cumplido and Islam Foniqi and Luis Paris},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.15314},
year = {2026}
}
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21 pages, 3 figures