Asymptotically rigid mapping class groups of infinite graphs

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Main Authors: Hill, Thomas, Kwak, Sanghoon, Udall, Brian, West, Jeremy
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author Hill, Thomas
Kwak, Sanghoon
Udall, Brian
West, Jeremy
author_facet Hill, Thomas
Kwak, Sanghoon
Udall, Brian
West, Jeremy
contents We introduce and study asymptotically rigid mapping class groups of certain infinite graphs. We determine their finiteness properties and show that these depend on the number of ends of the underlying graph. In a special case where the graph has finitely many ends, we construct an explicit presentation for the so-called pure graph Houghton group and investigate several of its algebraic and geometric properties. Additionally, we show that the graph Houghton groups are not commensurable with other known Houghton-type groups, namely the classical, surface, braided, handlebody, and doubled handlebody Houghton groups, demonstrating that this graph-based construction defines a genuinely new class of groups.
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spellingShingle Asymptotically rigid mapping class groups of infinite graphs
Hill, Thomas
Kwak, Sanghoon
Udall, Brian
West, Jeremy
Geometric Topology
Group Theory
20F65, 57M60, 20F05, 57S05
We introduce and study asymptotically rigid mapping class groups of certain infinite graphs. We determine their finiteness properties and show that these depend on the number of ends of the underlying graph. In a special case where the graph has finitely many ends, we construct an explicit presentation for the so-called pure graph Houghton group and investigate several of its algebraic and geometric properties. Additionally, we show that the graph Houghton groups are not commensurable with other known Houghton-type groups, namely the classical, surface, braided, handlebody, and doubled handlebody Houghton groups, demonstrating that this graph-based construction defines a genuinely new class of groups.
title Asymptotically rigid mapping class groups of infinite graphs
topic Geometric Topology
Group Theory
20F65, 57M60, 20F05, 57S05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21264