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Commensurability of groups quasi-isometric to RAAG's

Geometric Topology 2016-06-07 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a right-angled Artin group with defining graph Γ\Gamma and let HH be a finitely generated group quasi-isometric to G(Γ)G(\Gamma). We show if GG satisfies (1) its outer automorphism group is finite; (2) Γ\Gamma does not have induced 4-cycle; (3) Γ\Gamma is star-rigid; then HH is commensurable to GG. We show condition (2) is sharp in the sense that if Γ\Gamma contains an induced 4-cycle, then there exists an HH quasi-isometric to G(Γ)G(\Gamma) but not commensurable to G(Γ)G(\Gamma). Moreover, one can drop condition (1) if HH is a uniform lattice acting on the universal cover of the Salvetti complex of G(Γ)G(\Gamma). As a consequence, we obtain a conjugation theorem for such uniform lattices. The ingredients of the proof include a blow-up building construction in \cite{cubulation} and a Haglund-Wise style combination theorem for certain class of special cube complexes. However, in most of our cases, relative hyperbolicity is absent, so we need new ingredients for the combination theorem.

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@article{arxiv.1603.08586,
  title  = {Commensurability of groups quasi-isometric to RAAG's},
  author = {Jingyin Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.08586},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Corrected an issue pointed out by X. Xie. Several proofs in Section 7 and 8 have been modified and expanded