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 , equipped with Garside's generating set, the axes of all pseudo-Anosov braids are strongly contracting. More generally, we consider a Garside group of finite type with cyclic center. We prove that in the Cayley graph of , 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 .
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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