Bounded cohomology, quotient extensions, and hierarchical hyperbolicity

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Autori principali: Fournier-Facio, Francesco, Mangioni, Giorgio, Sisto, Alessandro
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author Fournier-Facio, Francesco
Mangioni, Giorgio
Sisto, Alessandro
author_facet Fournier-Facio, Francesco
Mangioni, Giorgio
Sisto, Alessandro
contents We call a central extension bounded if its Euler class is represented by a bounded cocycle. We prove that a bounded central extension of a hierarchically hyperbolic group (HHG) is still a HHG; conversely if a central extension is a HHG, then the extension is bounded, and under a further mild assumption the quotient is commensurable to a HHG. Motivated by questions on hierarchical hyperbolicity of quotients of mapping class groups, we therefore consider the general problem of determining when a quotient of a bounded central extension is still bounded, which we prove to be equivalent to an extendability problem for quasihomomorphisms. Finally, we show that quotients of the 4-strands braid group by suitable powers of a pseudo-Anosov are HHG, and in fact bounded central extensions of some HHG. We also speculate on how to extend the previous result to all mapping class groups.
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spellingShingle Bounded cohomology, quotient extensions, and hierarchical hyperbolicity
Fournier-Facio, Francesco
Mangioni, Giorgio
Sisto, Alessandro
Group Theory
20F65 (Primary), 57K20, 20J06 (Secondary)
We call a central extension bounded if its Euler class is represented by a bounded cocycle. We prove that a bounded central extension of a hierarchically hyperbolic group (HHG) is still a HHG; conversely if a central extension is a HHG, then the extension is bounded, and under a further mild assumption the quotient is commensurable to a HHG. Motivated by questions on hierarchical hyperbolicity of quotients of mapping class groups, we therefore consider the general problem of determining when a quotient of a bounded central extension is still bounded, which we prove to be equivalent to an extendability problem for quasihomomorphisms. Finally, we show that quotients of the 4-strands braid group by suitable powers of a pseudo-Anosov are HHG, and in fact bounded central extensions of some HHG. We also speculate on how to extend the previous result to all mapping class groups.
title Bounded cohomology, quotient extensions, and hierarchical hyperbolicity
topic Group Theory
20F65 (Primary), 57K20, 20J06 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20462