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We prove that generic elements of braid groups are pseudo-Anosov, in the following sense: in the Cayley graph of the braid group with n $\ge$ 3 strands, with respect to Garside's generating set, we prove that the proportion of pseudo-Anosov…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-09-27 Sandrine Caruso , Bert Wiest

We show that every non-trivial compact connected group and every non-trivial general or special linear group over an infinite field admits a generating set such that the associated Cayley graph has infinite diameter.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-30 Jakob Schneider

For every group $G$, we introduce the set of hyperbolic structures on $G$, denoted $\mathcal{H}(G)$, which consists of equivalence classes of (possibly infinite) generating sets of $G$ such that the corresponding Cayley graph is hyperbolic;…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-21 Carolyn Abbott , Sahana Balasubramanya , Denis Osin

Many geometric structures associated to surface groups can be encoded in terms of invariant cross ratios on their circle at infinity; examples include points of Teichm\"uller space, Hitchin representations and geodesic currents. We add to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Jonas Beyrer , Elia Fioravanti

We study analytic properties of graph product of finite groups with a hyperbolic defining graph. This is done by studying dynamics on the Bowditch compactification of the extension graph, or the crossing graph, of graph product. In…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-25 Koichi Oyakawa

Gromov hyperbolicity is an interesting geometric property, and so it is natural to study it in the context of geometric graphs. It measures the tree-likeness of a graph from a metric viewpoint. In particular, we are interested in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-07 R. Reyes , J. M. Rodriguez , J. M. Sigarreta , M. Villeta

By a geodesic subspace of a metric space $X$ we mean a subset $A$ of $X$ such that any two points in $A$ can be connected by a geodesic in $A$. It is easy to check that a geodesic metric space $X$ is an $\mathbb{R}$-tree (that is, a…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-01-04 Thomas Weighill

Suppose G is a finite group of order 30p, where p is prime. We show that if S is any generating set of G, then there is a hamiltonian cycle in the corresponding Cayley graph Cay(G;S).

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-07-03 Ebrahim Ghaderpour , Dave Witte Morris

Given a finitely generated group $G$ that is relatively finitely presented with respect to a collection of peripheral subgroups, we prove that every infinite subgroup $H$ of $G$ that is bounded in the relative Cayley graph of $G$ is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-10 Eduard Schesler

A group $G$ is complete group if it satisfies $Z(G)=e$ and $Aut(G)=Inn(G)$. In this paper, on the one hand, we study the basic properties of generalized Cayley graphs and characterize two classes isomorphic generalized generalized Cayley…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-07 Qianfen Liao , Liu Weijun

We investigate subsets of the symmetric group with structure similar to that of a graph. The trees of these subsets correspond to minimal conjugate generating sets of the symmetric group. There are two main theorems in this paper. The first…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-11-21 Jacob Steinhardt

We prove that, for any irreducible Artin-Tits group of spherical type $G$, the quotient of $G$ by its center is acylindrically hyperbolic. This is achieved by studying the additional length graph associated to the classical Garside…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-08-22 Matthieu Calvez , Bert Wiest

Roundness of metric spaces was introduced by Per Enflo as a tool to study uniform structures of linear topological spaces. The present paper investigates geometric and topological properties detected by the roundness of general metric…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. -F. Lafont , S. Prassidis

Let S be a closed surface of genus at least 2. We show that a finitely generated group G which is an extension of the fundamental group H of S is word hyperbolic if and only the orbit map of the quotient group G/H on the complex of curves…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-05-06 Ursula Hamenstaedt

For a transitive infinite connected graph $G$, let $\mu(G)$ be its connective constant. Denote by $\mathbf{\cal G}$ the set of Cayley graphs for finitely generated infinite groups with an infinite-order generator which is independent of…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-10-10 He Song , Kai-Nan Xiang , Song-Chao-Hao Zhu

Gromov (2003) constructed finitely generated groups whose Cayley graphs contain all graphs from a given infinite sequence of expander graphs of unbounded girth and bounded diameter-to-girth ratio. These so-called Gromov monster groups…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-14 Louis Esperet , Ugo Giocanti

Gromov Hyperbolic groups have remarkable finiteness properties;for example those that are torsion-free are fundamental groups of finitecomplexes whose universal cover iscontractible (property~$F$). In this talk we will show thattheir…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-07 Olivier Guichard

We show that a geodesic metric space is hyperbolic in the sense of Gromov if and only if intersections of balls have bounded eccentricity. In particular, $\R$-trees are characterized among geodesic metric spaces by the property that the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-06-21 Indira Chatterji , Graham A. Niblo

In this article we construct contracting elements in the standard Cayley graphs of the so-called periagroups, a family of groups introduced by the second-named author which include Coxeter groups, graph products, and Dyer groups. As a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Laura Ciobanu , Anthony Genevois

If $X$ is a geodesic metric space and $x_1,x_2,x_3\in X$, a geodesic triangle $T=\{x_1,x_2,x_3\}$ is the union of the three geodesics $[x_1x_2]$, $[x_2x_3]$ and $[x_3x_1]$ in $X$. The space $X$ is $\delta$-hyperbolic (in the Gromov sense)…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-23 Walter Carballosa , José M. Rodríguez , Omar Rosario , José M. Sigarreta