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Polygonal $\mathcal{VH}$ Complexes

Abstract

Ian Leary inquires whether a class of hyperbolic finitely presented groups are residually finite. We answer in the affirmative by giving a systematic version of a construction in his paper, which shows that the standard $2$-complexes of these presentations have a $\mathcal{VH}$-structure. This structure induces a splitting of these groups, which together with hyperbolicity, implies that these groups are residually finite.

Article information

Source
Publ. Mat., Volume 57, Number 2 (2013), 421-428.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 12 December 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pm/1386857702

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3114776

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1286.20056

Subjects
Primary: 20F67: Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups

Citation

Polák, Jason K. C.; Wise, Daniel T. Polygonal $\mathcal{VH}$ Complexes. Publ. Mat. 57 (2013), no. 2, 421--428. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pm/1386857702

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