## Geometry & Topology

### On strongly quasiconvex subgroups

Hung Cong Tran

#### Abstract

We develop a theory of strongly quasiconvex subgroups of an arbitrary finitely generated group. Strong quasiconvexity generalizes quasiconvexity in hyperbolic groups and is preserved under quasi-isometry. We show that strongly quasiconvex subgroups are also more reflective of the ambient group’s geometry than the stable subgroups defined by Durham and Taylor, while still having many properties analogous to those of quasiconvex subgroups of hyperbolic groups. We characterize strongly quasiconvex subgroups in terms of the lower relative divergence of ambient groups with respect to them.

We also study strong quasiconvexity and stability in relatively hyperbolic groups, right-angled Coxeter groups, and right-angled Artin groups. We give complete descriptions of strong quasiconvexity and stability in relatively hyperbolic groups and we characterize strongly quasiconvex special subgroups and stable special subgroups of two-dimensional right-angled Coxeter groups. In the case of right-angled Artin groups, we prove that the two notions of strong quasiconvexity and stability are equivalent when the right-angled Artin group is one-ended and the subgroups have infinite index. We also characterize nontrivial strongly quasiconvex subgroups of infinite index (ie nontrivial stable subgroups) in right-angled Artin groups by quadratic lower relative divergence, expanding the work of Koberda, Mangahas, and Taylor on characterizing purely loxodromic subgroups of right-angled Artin groups.

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 23, Number 3 (2019), 1173-1235.

Dates
Revised: 13 July 2018
Accepted: 30 September 2018
First available in Project Euclid: 5 June 2019

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1559700272

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2019.23.1173

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3956891

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
07079057

#### Citation

Tran, Hung Cong. On strongly quasiconvex subgroups. Geom. Topol. 23 (2019), no. 3, 1173--1235. doi:10.2140/gt.2019.23.1173. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1559700272

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