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Subgroups of word hyperbolic groups in rational dimension 2

Group Theory 2020-12-21 v6

Abstract

A result of Gersten states that if GG is a hyperbolic group with integral cohomological dimension cdZ(G)=2\mathsf{cd}_{\mathbb{Z}}(G)=2 then every finitely presented subgroup is hyperbolic. We generalize this result for the rational case cdQ(G)=2\mathsf{cd}_{\mathbb{Q}}(G)=2. In particular, our result applies to the class of torsion-free hyperbolic groups GG with cdZ(G)=3\mathsf{cd}_{\mathbb{Z}}(G)=3 and cdQ(G)=2\mathsf{cd}_{\mathbb{Q}}(G)=2 discovered by Bestvina and Mess.

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@article{arxiv.1811.09220,
  title  = {Subgroups of word hyperbolic groups in rational dimension 2},
  author = {Shivam Arora and Eduardo Martínez-Pedroza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.09220},
  year   = {2020}
}

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First published in: Arora Shivam, Martinez Pedroza Eduardo, SUBGROUPS OF WORD HYPERBOLIC GROUPS IN RATIONAL DIMENSION 2. Groups Geom. Dyn

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