English

Multiarc and curve graphs are hierarchically hyperbolic

Geometric Topology 2024-05-27 v3

Abstract

A multiarc and curve graph is a simplicial graph whose vertices are arc and curve systems on a compact, connected, orientable surface S. We show that all connected, non-trivial multiarc and curve graphs preserved by the natural action of PMod(S) and whose adjacent vertices have bounded geometric intersection number are hierarchically hyperbolic spaces with respect to witness subsurface projection. This result extends work of Kate Vokes on twist-free multicurve graphs and confirms two conjectures of Saul Schleimer in a broad setting. In addition, we prove that the PMod(S)-equivariant quasi-isometry type of such a graph is uniquely classified by its set of connected witness subsurfaces.

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@article{arxiv.2311.04356,
  title  = {Multiarc and curve graphs are hierarchically hyperbolic},
  author = {Michael C. Kopreski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.04356},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

16 pages. Clarifying details added to Lemma 2.26 and Section 3, and corrected a constant in 3.2. Added a comment on low-complexity surfaces. Corrected typographical errors

R2 v1 2026-06-28T13:14:38.626Z