Poly-free constructions for right-angled Artin groups
Group Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We show that every right-angled Artin group AG defined by a graph G of finite chromatic number is poly-free with poly-free length bounded between the clique number and the chromatic number of G. Further, a characterization of all right-angled Artin groups of poly-free length 2 is given, namely the group AG has poly-free length 2 if and only if there exists an independent set of vertices D in G such that every cycle in G meets D at least twice. Finally, it is shown that AG is a semidirect product of 2 free groups of finite rank if and only if G is a finite tree or a finite complete bipartite graph. All of the proofs of the existence of poly-free structures are constructive.
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@article{arxiv.math/0505666,
title = {Poly-free constructions for right-angled Artin groups},
author = {Susan Hermiller and Zoran Sunik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0505666},
year = {2007}
}
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21 pages, 3 figures