Combination theorems for Wise's power alternative
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| author | Hagen, Mark Martin, Alexandre Sartori, Giovanni |
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| contents | We show that Wise's power alternative is stable under certain group constructions, use this to prove the power alternative for new classes of groups, and recover known results from a unified perspective.
For groups acting on trees, we introduce a dynamical condition that allows us to deduce the power alternative for the group from the power alternative for its stabilisers of points. As an application, we reduce the power alternative for Artin groups to the power alternative for free-of-infinity Artin groups, under some conditions on their parabolic subgroups. We also introduce a uniform version of the power alternative and prove it, among other things, for a large family of two-dimensional Artin groups. As a corollary, we deduce that these Artin groups have uniform exponential growth.
Finally, we prove that the power alternative is stable under taking relatively hyperbolic groups. We apply this to show that various examples, including all free-by-$\mathbb{Z}$ groups and a natural subclass of hierarchically hyperbolic groups, satisfy the uniform power alternative. |
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| spellingShingle | Combination theorems for Wise's power alternative Hagen, Mark Martin, Alexandre Sartori, Giovanni Group Theory 20F65 (primary), 20F36, 20E08, 20F67 (secondary) We show that Wise's power alternative is stable under certain group constructions, use this to prove the power alternative for new classes of groups, and recover known results from a unified perspective. For groups acting on trees, we introduce a dynamical condition that allows us to deduce the power alternative for the group from the power alternative for its stabilisers of points. As an application, we reduce the power alternative for Artin groups to the power alternative for free-of-infinity Artin groups, under some conditions on their parabolic subgroups. We also introduce a uniform version of the power alternative and prove it, among other things, for a large family of two-dimensional Artin groups. As a corollary, we deduce that these Artin groups have uniform exponential growth. Finally, we prove that the power alternative is stable under taking relatively hyperbolic groups. We apply this to show that various examples, including all free-by-$\mathbb{Z}$ groups and a natural subclass of hierarchically hyperbolic groups, satisfy the uniform power alternative. |
| title | Combination theorems for Wise's power alternative |
| topic | Group Theory 20F65 (primary), 20F36, 20E08, 20F67 (secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20620 |