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Morse elements in Garside groups are strongly contracting

Group Theory 2024-12-25 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove that in the Cayley graph of any braid group modulo its center Bn/Z(Bn)B_n/Z(B_n), equipped with Garside's generating set, the axes of all pseudo-Anosov braids are strongly contracting. More generally, we consider a Garside group GG of finite type with cyclic center. We prove that in the Cayley graph of G/Z(G)G/Z(G), equipped with the Garside generators, the axis of any Morse element is strongly contracting. As a consequence, we prove that Morse elements act loxodromically on the additional length graph of GG.

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@article{arxiv.2106.14826,
  title  = {Morse elements in Garside groups are strongly contracting},
  author = {Matthieu Calvez and Bert Wiest},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.14826},
  year   = {2024}
}

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25 pages, 9 figures

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