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Palindromic automorphisms of right-angled Artin groups

Group Theory 2016-10-31 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We introduce the palindromic automorphism group and the palindromic Torelli group of a right-angled Artin group A_G. The palindromic automorphism group Pi A_G is related to the principal congruence subgroups of GL(n,Z) and to the hyperelliptic mapping class group of an oriented surface, and sits inside the centraliser of a certain hyperelliptic involution in Aut(A_G). We obtain finite generating sets for Pi A_G and for this centraliser, and determine precisely when these two groups coincide. We also find generators for the palindromic Torelli group.

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@article{arxiv.1510.03939,
  title  = {Palindromic automorphisms of right-angled Artin groups},
  author = {Neil J. Fullarton and Anne Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.03939},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

20 pages, 2 figures. Version 2: corrected proof of Proposition 3.1, other minor changes as suggested by referee. To appear in Groups Geom. Dyn