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We construct a uniformly bounded symplectic structure on $S^2 \times \mathbb{R}^4$ admitting embeddings by arbitrarily large balls. This provides a counterexample to a recent conjecture of Savelyev. We then prove the conjecture holds for a…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-16 Spencer Cattalani

We introduce a concept of tree-graded metric space and we use it to show quasi-isometry invariance of certain classes of relatively hyperbolic groups, to obtain a characterization of relatively hyperbolic groups in terms of their asymptotic…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Cornelia Drutu , Mark Sapir

We show that a quasi-geodesic in an injective metric space is Morse if and only if it is strongly contracting. Since mapping class groups and, more generally, hierarchically hyperbolic groups act properly and coboundedly on injective metric…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-04-27 Alessandro Sisto , Abdul Zalloum

We introduce and study a strong "thin triangle"' condition for directed graphs, which generalises the usual notion of hyperbolicity for a metric space. We prove that finitely generated left cancellative monoids whose right Cayley graphs…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-14 Robert Gray , Mark Kambites

We generalise a theorem of Gersten on surjectivity of the restriction map in $\ell^{\infty}$-cohomology of groups. This leads to applications on subgroups of hyperbolic groups, quasi-isometric distinction of finitely generated groups and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-05 Nansen Petrosyan , Vladimir Vankov

A geodesic bicombing on a metric space selects for every pair of points a geodesic connecting them. We prove existence and uniqueness results for geodesic bicombings satisfying different convexity conditions. In combination with recent work…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-04-22 Dominic Descombes , Urs Lang

A finitely presented 1-ended group $G$ has {\it semistable fundamental group at infinity} if $G$ acts geometrically on a simply connected and locally compact ANR $Y$ having the property that any two proper rays in $Y$ are properly…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-27 Ross Geoghegan , Craig Guilbault , Michael Mihalik

The semidirect product $\mathbb{G}=\mathbb{L}\rtimes \mathbb{K}$ attached to a compact-group action on a connected, simply-connected solvable Lie group has a dense set of compact elements precisely when the $s\in \mathbb{K}$ operating on…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Alexandru Chirvasitu

Consider the following classes of pairs consisting of a group and a finite collection of subgroups: $\mathcal{C}= \left\{ (G,\mathcal H) \mid \text{$\mathcal{H}$ is hyperbolically embedded in $G$} \right\}$ and $ \mathcal{D}= \left\{…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-27 Hadi Bigdely , Eduardo Martínez-Pedroza

We study generalized splines from the perspective of the representation theory of the category of graphs with contractions. Our main theorem proves a kind of finite generation, which in turn implies the existence of a ``universal generating…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Jacob Matherne , Eric Ramos , Julianna Tymoczko

Suppose $G$ is a finitely presented group that is hyperbolic relative to ${\bf P}$ a finite collection of 1-ended finitely generated proper subgroups of $G$. If $G$ and the ${\bf P}$ are 1-ended and the boundary $\partial (G,{\bf P})$ has…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-03 Matthew Haulmark , Michael Mihalik

We investigate fixed point properties for isometric actions of topological groups on a wide class of metric spaces, with a particular emphasis on Hilbert spaces. Instead of requiring the action to be continuous, we assume that it is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-12-12 Romain Tessera , Jeroen Winkel

Assume G is a finite group, such that |G|= 6pq or 7pq, where p and q are distinct prime numbers, and let S be a generating set of G. We prove there is a Hamiltonian cycle in the corresponding Cayley graph Cay(G;S).

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Farzad Maghsoudi

The sandpile group of a connected graph $G$, defined to be the torsion part of the cokernel of the graph Laplacian, is a subtle graph invariant with combinatorial, algebraic, and geometric descriptions. Extending and improving previous…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-18 Jiyang Gao , Jared Marx-Kuo , Vaughan McDonald , Chi Ho Yuen

We show that every finitely generated group G with an element of order at least $(5rank(G))^{12}$ admits a locally finite directed Cayley graph with automorphism group equal to G. If moreover G is not generalized dihedral, then the above…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Paul-Henry Leemann , Mikael de la Salle

We develop a formalism that allows us to describe Markov compacta with finite sets of diagrams that are building blocks of the entire sequence. This encodes complex, continuous spaces with discrete collections of combinatorial objects. We…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-23 G. C. Bell , A. Nagórko

Let $L(G)$ denote the space of integer-valued length functions on a countable group $G$ endowed with the topology of pointwise convergence. Assuming that $G$ does not satisfy any non-trivial mixed identity, we prove that a generic (in the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-02 A. Jarnevic , D. Osin , K. Oyakawa

Inspired by the definition of generalized wreath product of permutation groups, we define the generalized wreath product of graphs, containing the classical Cartesian and wreath product of graphs as particular cases. We prove that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Alfredo Donno

Assume that $G$ is a finite group and let $a$ and $b$ be non-negative integers. We define an undirected graph $\Gamma_{a,b}(G)$ whose vertices correspond to the elements of $G^a\cup G^b$ and in which two tuples $(x_1,\dots,x_a)$ and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-06 Cristina Acciarri , Andrea Lucchini

We examine the relationship between finitely and infinitely generated relatively hyperbolic groups, in two different contexts. First, we elaborate on a remark from math.GR/0601311, which states that the version of Dehn filling in relatively…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Daniel Groves , Jason Fox Manning