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 ) 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} : the circle analogue of the Cleary's golden ratio Thompson group which acts on the interval.
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Cite
@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