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Virtually free-by-cyclic groups

Group Theory 2024-06-28 v3

Abstract

We obtain a homological characterisation of virtually free-by-cyclic groups among groups that are hyperbolic and virtually compact special. As a consequence, we show that many groups known to be coherent actually possess the stronger property of being virtually free-by-cyclic. In particular, we show that all one-relator groups with torsion are virtually free-by-cyclic, solving a conjecture of Baumslag.

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@article{arxiv.2302.11500,
  title  = {Virtually free-by-cyclic groups},
  author = {Dawid Kielak and Marco Linton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.11500},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

30 pages. Incorporated the referee's comments and corrections. Final version to appear in Geometric and Functional Analysis