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Isomorphisms and commensurability of surface Houghton groups

  • Javier Aramayona , George Domat ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Christopher J. Leininger
Published/Copyright: March 21, 2024

Abstract

We classify surface Houghton groups, as well as their pure subgroups, up to isomorphism, commensurability, and quasi-isometry.

Award Identifier / Grant number: PID2021-126254NB-I00

Award Identifier / Grant number: CEX2019-000904-S

Award Identifier / Grant number: DMS-2303262

Award Identifier / Grant number: DMS-2305286

Funding statement: J. Aramayona was supported by grant PID2021-126254NB-I00 and by the Severo Ochoa award CEX2019-000904-S, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. G. Domat was supported by NSF DMS-2303262. C. J. Leininger was supported by NSF DMS-2305286.

Acknowledgements

J. Aramayona is grateful to Rice University, and particularly to C. J. Leininger, for their hospitality. The authors are grateful to Anthony Genevois for pointing out Corollary 1.3.

  1. Communicated by: Rachel Skipper

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Received: 2023-12-30
Revised: 2024-02-13
Published Online: 2024-03-21
Published in Print: 2024-09-01

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