All Higman groups on 5 or more generators are uniquely measure equivalent.
problem Proving uniqueness of measure equivalence for Higman groups.
method Using measured group theory and polyhedral complexes.
result Superrigidity for measure equivalence of Higman groups.
Homological stability aids in computing group homology.
problem Computing homology of families of groups.
method Proving homological stability theorems and computing stable homology.
result Computation of Higman-Thompson groups' homology.
We prove that Thompson's group V is acyclic, answering a 1992 question of Brown in the positive. More generally, we identify the homology of the Higman-Thompson groups Vn,r with the homology of the zeroth component of the infinite loop space of the mod n−1 Moore spectrum. As V=V2,1, we can deduce that t…
This is a survey of the recent work in algorithmic and asymptotic properties of groups. I discuss Dehn functions of groups, complexity of the word problem, Higman embeddings, and constructions of finitely presented groups with extreme properties (monsters).
We give a complete characterization of countable primitive groups in several settings including linear groups, subgroups of mapping class groups, groups acting minimally on trees and convergence groups. The latter category includes as a special case Kleinian groups as well as subgroups of word hyperbolic groups. As an …
New groups from strand diagrams show polycyclic subgroups are virtually abelian and undistorted.
problem Understanding the structure of mapping class groups.
method Introducing Chambord groups from braided strand diagrams and semigroup presentations.
result Polycyclic subgroups in Chambord groups are virtually abelian and undistorted.
New groups derived from square configurations have right-angled and HNN structures.
problem Understanding the fundamental groups of square configurations and their homotopy properties.
method Analyzing configuration spaces and their fundamental groups, proving group presentations and homotopy equivalences.
result The fundamental groups of certain square configurations have minimal presentations with commutator relators and are HNN extensions of specific meta-square groups.
We discuss boundedness and distortion in transformation groups. We show that the groups Diff0r(Rn) and Diffr(Rn) have the strong distortion property, whenever 0≤r≤∞,r=n+1. This implies in particular that every abstract length function on these groups i…
Groups on CAT(0) cube complexes grow exponentially uniformly.
problem Uniform exponential growth of groups acting on CAT(0) cube complexes.
method Study groups acting without global fixed points on CAT(0) square complexes.
result Groups with uniform exponential growth or stabilize Euclidean subcomplexes.
New findings on group actions and stabilizers of infinite sets.
problem Understanding finiteness properties of stabilizers in group actions.
method Analyzing oligomorphic actions and permutational wreath products.
result Existence of finite subsets with non-FP∞ stabilizers. The paper proves an ascending chain condition for subgroups in hyperbolic and graph 3-manifolds.
problem Proving an ascending chain condition for subgroups in specific types of 3-manifolds.
method Uses profinite techniques and geometric proofs for hyperbolic and graph manifolds.
result Established the ascending chain condition for free subgroups of constant rank in closed hyperbolic and graph 3-manifolds.
Study graph products of groups, classifying them up to measure equivalence and rigidity.
problem Classifying graph products of groups up to measure equivalence and rigidity.
method Measure-theoretic and structural properties of von Neumann algebras, rigidity theorems.
result Quantified measure equivalence classification and rigidity theorems for graph products.
The paper classifies virtual knot polynomials and trivalent graph invariants using skein theory.
problem Classifying virtual knot polynomials and trivalent graph invariants with specific conditions.
method Skein-theoretic techniques applied to classify invariants with smallness conditions.
result Classification of all non-trivial invariants of trivalent graphs and skein theories of virtual tangles.
New link groups are derived from torus necklaces, connecting braid groups to reflection groups.
problem Understanding the relationship between braid groups and reflection groups.
method Constructing torus necklaces and linking them to braid groups of J-reflection groups. result Link groups of torus necklaces are precisely braid groups of J-reflection groups, with meridians as braid reflections. The study proves super-rigidity of Gromov's random monster group for various types of groups.
problem Super-rigidity of Gromov's random monster group in various group types.
method Proof of morphisms having finite image and introduction of hereditary super-rigidity.
result Gromov's random monster group has super-rigidity and hereditary super-rigidity with respect to certain groups.
We study the structure of the virtual braid group. It is shown that the virtual braid group is a semi--direct product of the virtual pure braid group and the symmetric group. Also, it is shown that the virtual pure braid group is a semi--direct product of free groups. From these results we obtain a normal form of words…
Virtual twin groups map to symmetric groups, revealing automorphism structure.
problem Understanding homomorphisms between virtual twin groups and symmetric groups.
method Using irreducible right-angled Coxeter groups and right-angled Artin groups.
result A complete description of homomorphisms between virtual twin groups and symmetric groups, including the structure of the automorphism group of VTn. Characterizes group connections on group bundles.
problem Understanding connections on group bundles.
method Characterizes connections as affine spaces and uses the Ambrose-Singer theorem.
result Group connections form an affine space over cocycles.
Study on totally symmetric sets with group applications.
problem Understanding totally symmetric sets and their group applications.
method Survey of existing theory and applications to various groups.
result Exploration of totally symmetric sets in multiple group contexts.
Affine cactus groups are CAT(0) and hyperbolic.
problem Characterizing geometric properties of affine cactus groups.
method Analyzing CAT(0) and hyperbolic properties through group theory.
result Affine cactus groups of degree three are hyperbolic.
The study restricts groups in graph of groups structures.
problem Realizing groups as fundamental groups of graph of groups with restricted vertex groups.
method Analyzes restrictions on groups that can be realized and applies to manifold construction.
result Places constraints on groups that can be realized in graph of groups structures.
New Garside structures found for torus knot groups and related braid groups.
problem Finding Garside structures for torus knot groups and related braid groups.
method Introducing a new Garside monoid M(n,m) for (n,m)-torus knot groups and other braid groups. result New Garside structures for (n,m)-torus knot groups and related braid groups are constructed. Logarithmic separation profile in hyperbolic groups shows hierarchical structure.
problem Understanding hierarchical structure in hyperbolic groups with logarithmic separation.
method Proving groups with logarithmic separation split over cyclic groups and providing counterexamples.
result Not all groups with hierarchical structure have logarithmic separation profile.
New Garside structures derived from groups, leading to new group properties.
problem Creating Garside structures from groups and Artin groups.
method Method for turning direct product of a group G by Z into a Garside group.
result Proved new cases of K(π,1)-conjecture for some hyperbolic type Artin groups.
We describe a procedure for constructing a generalized Thompson group out of a family of groups that is equipped with what we call a cloning system. The previously known Thompson groups F, V, Vbr and Fbr arise from this procedure using, respectively, the systems of trivial groups, symmetric groups, braid groups and pur…
The group of 2-by-2 matrices with integer entries and determinant ±>1 can be identified either with the group of outer automorphisms of a rank two free group or with the group of isotopy classes of homeomorphisms of a 2-dimensional torus. Thus this group is the beginning of three natural sequences of groups, name…
The study restricts normal subgroups of Kähler groups, proving specific cases and general restrictions.
problem Characterizing normal subgroups of Kähler groups.
method Analyzing embeddings and conjugation actions of surface groups and one-ended hyperbolic groups.
result Restrictions on normal subgroups of Kähler groups, including virtual direct products and surface group properties.
New reflection groups derived from torus knots with finite meridians.
problem Understanding reflection groups derived from torus knot groups with finite meridians.
method Using the theory of J-groups and Coxeter groups, study quotients of torus knot groups.
result Classification of toric reflection groups and their properties.
Graphically discrete groups have strong rigidity properties.
problem Understanding the rigidity of group actions on graphs.
method Introducing graphical discreteness and proving rigidity properties.
result Free products of graphically discrete groups are action rigid.
Paper proves vanishing homology groups for certain hyperbolic groups.
problem Understanding homology groups of specific hyperbolic groups.
method Using twisted Wirtinger presentations to prove homology group vanishing.
result Second homology groups vanish for certain Gromov hyperbolic groups.
Study fundamental groups of geometric transformation groups using loop spaces.
problem Understanding fundamental groups of geometric transformation groups.
method Use differential forms on loop spaces to prove infinite fundamental groups.
result Proves infinite fundamental groups for specific geometric transformation groups.
Simple construction of Lie 2-groups from loop group extensions.
problem Constructing Lie 2-groups from loop group extensions.
method Using conjugation action of loop group on its central extension.
result Simple construction of string 2-group as a strict Fréchet Lie 2-group.
Study knot invariants using automorphism groups of free nilpotent groups.
problem Developing knot invariants using automorphism groups.
method Nilpotently p-localization of knot groups and automorphism groups of free nilpotent groups. result Maps from outer automorphism groups yield knot invariants.
We discuss dense embeddings of surface groups and fully residually free groups in topological groups. We show that a compact topological group contains a nonabelian dense free group of finite rank if and only if it contains a dense surface group. Also, we obtain a characterization of those Lie groups which admit a dens…
We exhibit a family of infinite, finitely-presented, nilpotent-by-abelian groups. Each member of this family is a solvable S-arithmetic group that is related to Baumslag-Solitar groups, and everyone of these groups has a quasi-isometry group that is virtually a product of a solvable real Lie group and a solvable p-adic…
The study shows that certain groups can be uniquely identified by their finite abelian summands.
problem Identifying groups based on their finite abelian summands.
method Analyzing hyperbolic groups as graphs of free groups with cyclic edge groups.
result Free products of free and surface groups are profinitely rigid.
Survey on Coxeter groups for Lie group examples.
problem Understanding Coxeter groups and their applications.
method Constructing discrete subgroups of Lie groups using Coxeter groups.
result Coxeter groups provide new examples in discrete subgroups of Lie groups.
In this paper, we briefly review some of the known results concerning the cohomological structures of the mapping class group of surfaces, the outer automorphism group of free groups, the diffeomorphism group of surfaces as well as various subgroups of them such as the Torelli group, the IA outer automorphism group of …
The paper studies actions on Bass-Serre trees and identifies new C∗-simple groups.
problem Investigating actions of fundamental groups on Bass-Serre trees and their C∗-algebraic properties. method Analyzing boundary actions of fundamental groups of graphs of groups on their Bass-Serre trees.
result Identification of new families of C∗-simple groups, including tubular groups and certain graphs of groups. In this article we define the twisted product of groups as the generalization of the semidirect product of groups. We will find the necessary and sufficient condition in order that the twisted product of groups to be a group. In particular, for two copies of the same group, the twisted product of group by itself throug…
We find finite presentations for the automorphism group of the Artin pure braid group and the automorphism group of the pure braid group associated to the full monomial group.
Study the relationship between orbit braid group and equivariant mapping class group on surfaces.
problem Understanding the relationship between mapping class groups and braid groups with group actions.
method Using the fibration F0GMightarrowF(M/G,n) and exact sequence. result The conclusion is closely connected with the braid group of the quotient space.
The paper characterizes crystallographic groups derived from virtual braid and twin groups.
problem Characterizing crystallographic groups from virtual braid and twin groups.
method Analyzing quotients of virtual braid and twin groups by their commutator subgroups.
result The quotients of virtual braid and twin groups by their commutator subgroups are crystallographic groups.
Origamis with specific groups have Veech groups that surject onto SL(2, Z/nZ).
problem Characterizing Veech groups of origamis as totally non-congruence groups.
method Using results on SL(2, Z/nZ) and properties of origamis' deck transformation groups.
result Origamis with certain triangle group quotients have Veech groups that surject onto SL(2, Z/nZ).
New groups are hyperbolic and rigid in mapping class groups.
problem Understanding the structure of Veech groups in mapping class groups.
method Showed that Veech groups are hierarchically hyperbolic and quasi-isometrically rigid.
result Veech groups are hierarchically hyperbolic and quasi-isometrically rigid.
Outer automorphism group of hyperbolic groups is HHG under certain conditions.
problem Characterizing the outer automorphism group of hyperbolic groups.
method Proving finite-index subgroups are central extensions of orbifold mapping class groups with bounded Euler class.
result Outer automorphism group of a one-ended hyperbolic group is virtually a hierarchically hyperbolic group.
Outer automorphism groups of Coxeter groups are trivial except for small ranks.
problem Triviality of outer automorphism groups of Coxeter groups.
method Using Guirardel-Levitt outer space for free products, proving triviality and cyclic order for specific ranks.
result Outer automorphism groups are trivial except for small ranks.
Tree-graded spaces are generalizations of R-trees. They appear as asymptotic cones of groups (when the cones have cut points). Since many questions about endomorphisms and automorphisms of groups, solving equations over groups, studying embeddings of a group into another group, etc. lead to actions of groups on the asy…