English

Commensurability of lattices in right-angled buildings

Group Theory 2024-02-06 v3

Abstract

Let Γ\Gamma be a graph product of finite groups, with finite underlying graph, and let Δ\Delta be the associated right-angled building. We prove that a uniform lattice Λ\Lambda in the cubical automorphism group Aut(Δ)(\Delta) is weakly commensurable to Γ\Gamma if and only if all convex subgroups of Λ\Lambda are separable. As a corollary, any two finite special cube complexes with universal cover Δ\Delta have a common finite cover. An important special case of our theorem is where Γ\Gamma is a right-angled Coxeter group and Δ\Delta is the associated Davis complex. We also obtain an analogous result for right-angled Artin groups. In addition, we deduce quasi-isometric rigidity for the group Γ\Gamma when Δ\Delta has the structure of a Fuchsian building.

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@article{arxiv.2203.01210,
  title  = {Commensurability of lattices in right-angled buildings},
  author = {Sam Shepherd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.01210},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

49 pages, 8 figures; v2: quasi-isometric rigidity theorem added; v3: Figure 1 added and other minor changes, to appear in Advances in Mathematics