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The Isomorphism Problem for Toral Relatively Hyperbolic Groups

Group Theory 2009-03-19 v3

Abstract

We provide a solution to the isomorphism problem for torsion-free relatively hyperbolic groups with abelian parabolics. As special cases we recover solutions to the isomorphism problem for: (i) torsion-free hyperbolic groups (Sela); and (ii) fully residually free groups (Bumagin, Kharlampovich and Miasnikov). We also give a solution to the homeomorphism problem for finite volume hyperbolic n-manifolds, for n3n \ge 3. In the course of the proof of the main result, we prove that a particular JSJ decomposition of a freely indecomposable torsion-free relatively hyperbolic group with abelian parabolics is algorithmically constructible.

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@article{arxiv.math/0512605,
  title  = {The Isomorphism Problem for Toral Relatively Hyperbolic Groups},
  author = {Francois Dahmani and Daniel Groves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0512605},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Version 3 is 90 pages (the increased length is due mostly to typesetting). Lots of rewriting due to referee's comments. Publications Mathematiques de l'IHES, to appear