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Subgroups of Bestvina-Brady groups

Group Theory 2025-02-06 v1 Combinatorics Rings and Algebras

Abstract

In "Subgroups of Graph Groups", 1987, J. Alg., Droms proved that all the subgroups of a right-angled Artin group (RAAG) defined by a finite simplicial graph Γ\Gamma are themselves RAAGs if, and only if, Γ\Gamma has no induced square graph nor line-graph of length 33. The present work provides a similar result for specific normal subgroups of RAAGs, called Bestvina-Brady groups: We characterize those graphs in which every subgroup of such a group is itself a RAAG. In turn, we confirm several Galois theoretic conjectures for the pro-pp completions of these groups.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2502.03215,
  title  = {Subgroups of Bestvina-Brady groups},
  author = {Simone Blumer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.03215},
  year   = {2025}
}
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