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Scl in graphs of groups

Geometric Topology 2020-08-26 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

Let G be a group acting on a tree with cyclic edge and vertex stabilizers. Then stable commutator length (scl) is rational in G. Furthermore, scl varies predictably and converges to rational limits in so-called "surgery" families. This is a homological analog of the phenomenon of geometric convergence in hyperbolic Dehn surgery.

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@article{arxiv.1904.08360,
  title  = {Scl in graphs of groups},
  author = {Lvzhou Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.08360},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

72 pages, 17 figures; v2, minor revision, corrected the proof of Lemma 6.22, accepted for publication at Inventiones mathematicae

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