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Algebraic irrational stable commutator length in finitely presented groups

Group Theory 2021-11-17 v2

Abstract

We provide the first example of a finitely presented (in fact, type FF_\infty) group with elements whose stable commutator length is algebraic and irrational, answering a question of Calegari. Our example is the lift to the real line of the \emph{golden ratio Thompson group} TτT_\tau: the circle analogue of the Cleary's golden ratio Thompson group FτF_\tau which acts on the interval.

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@article{arxiv.2110.06286,
  title  = {Algebraic irrational stable commutator length in finitely presented groups},
  author = {Francesco Fournier-Facio and Yash Lodha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.06286},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

12 pages. This paper is subsumed by the following preprint of the authors: arXiv:2111.07931. Any reader interested only in the results for stable commutator length may find it easier to start here

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