Geometric Group Theory Seminar - Yu-chan Chang

Ohio State Garden of Constants
Tue, October 29, 2024
1:50 pm - 2:50 pm
JR0274

Yu-chan Chang
Wesleyan University

Title
The RAAG Recognition Problem for Bestvina--Brady Groups

Abstract
When a group is finitely presented by commutators, is it isomorphic to a right-angled Artin group (RAAG)? 
Bridson recently showed that there is no algorithm to determine whether such a group is a
RAAG. However, this recognition problem remains interesting for certain classes of groups.
In this talk, I will discuss the RAAG recognition problem for Bestvina–Brady groups from a graph theory point of view.
This is joint work with Lorenzo Ruffoni.