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The asymptotic dimension of the grand arc graph is infinite

Geometric Topology 2025-08-08 v3

Abstract

Let Σ\Sigma be a compact, orientable surface of genus gg, and let Γ\Gamma be a relation on π0(Σ)\pi_0(\partial \Sigma) such that the prescribed arc graph A(Σ,Γ)\mathcal{A}(\Sigma,\Gamma) is Gromov-hyperbolic and non-trivial. We show that asdimA(Σ,Γ)χ(Σ)1\operatorname{asdim} \mathcal{A}(\Sigma,\Gamma) \geq -\chi(\Sigma) - 1, from which we prove that the asymptotic dimension of the grand arc graph is infinite. More generally, an arc and curve model on Σ\Sigma is a graph of simple arc and curves on Σ\Sigma, on which PMap(Σ)\operatorname{PMap}(\Sigma) acts by permuting vertices. We prove that any connected, Gromov-hyperbolic cocompact arc and curve model M\mathcal{M} has asdimMg12χ(Σ)\operatorname{asdim} \mathcal{M} \geq g - \lceil\frac{1}{2} \chi(\Sigma)\rceil, and that a broad class of arc and curve models on infinite-type surfaces has infinite asymptotic dimension.

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@article{arxiv.2402.03603,
  title  = {The asymptotic dimension of the grand arc graph is infinite},
  author = {Michael C. Kopreski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.03603},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

19 pages. Asymptotic dimension bounds now apply to connected graphs whose vertices are finite collections of (possibly intersecting) simple arcs and curves. We show any such graph on a compact surface S admitting a cocompact action of PMap(S) is equivariantly quasi-isometric to a graph of markings likewise admitting a cocompact action, which suffices to generalize the techniques of the paper