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Curve graphs for Artin-Tits groups of type $B$, $\widetilde A$ and $\widetilde C$ are hyperbolic

Group Theory 2021-03-24 v2

Abstract

The \emph{graph of irreducible parabolic subgroups} is a combinatorial object associated to an Artin-Tits group AA defined so as to coincide with the curve graph of the (n+1)(n+1)-times punctured disk when AA is Artin's braid group on (n+1)(n+1) strands. In this case, it is a hyperbolic graph, by the celebrated Masur-Minsky's theorem. Hyperbolicity for more general Artin-Tits groups is an important open question. In this paper, we give a partial affirmative answer. For n3n\geqslant 3, we prove that the graph of irreducible parabolic subgroups associated to the Artin-Tits group of spherical type BnB_n is also isomorphic to the curve graph of the (n+1)(n+1)-times punctured disk, hence it is hyperbolic. For n2n\geqslant 2, we show that the graphs of irreducible parabolic subgroups associated to the Artin-Tits groups of euclidean type A~n\widetilde A_n and C~n\widetilde C_n are isomorphic to some subgraphs of the curve graph of the (n+2)(n+2)-times punctured disk which are not quasi-isometrically embedded. We prove nonetheless that these graphs are hyperbolic.

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@article{arxiv.2003.04796,
  title  = {Curve graphs for Artin-Tits groups of type $B$, $\widetilde A$ and $\widetilde C$ are hyperbolic},
  author = {Matthieu Calvez and Bruno A. Cisneros de la Cruz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04796},
  year   = {2021}
}