Subgroup separability of Artin groups

Subgroup separability and virtual retractions of groups

We begin by recalling that if Γ is a group, andH a subgroup of Γ, then Γ is calledH-separable if for every g ∈ Γ\H, there is a subgroup K of finite index in Γ such that H ⊂ K but g / ∈ K. The group Γ is called subgroup separable (or LERF) if Γ is H-separable for all finitely generated subgroups H. As is well-known LERF is a powerful property in the setting of low-dimensional topology which has ...

Subgroup Separability in Residually Free Groups

We prove that the finitely presentable subgroups of residually free groups are separable and that the subgroups of type FP∞ are virtual retracts. We describe a uniform solution to the membership problem for finitely presentable subgroups of residually free groups.

On Subgroup Separability in Hyperbolic Coxeter Groups

On Subgroup Separability in Hyperbolic Coxeter Groups

We prove that certain hyperbolic Coxeter groups are separable on their geometrically ¢nite subgroups. Mathematics Subject Classi¢cation (2000). 20H10. Key words. hyperbolic Coxeter group, subgroup separability. 1. Introduction Recall that a subgroupH of a group G is separable in G if, given any g 2 G nH, there exists a subgroup K < G of ¢nite index with H < K and g = 2K . G is called subgroup s...

Abelian subgroup separability of some one-relator groups

Following Malcev [5], we will call a subgroup M of a group G finitely separable if for any element g ∈ G, not belonging to M, there exists a homomorphism φ of group G onto some finite group X such that gφ / ∈Mφ. This is equivalent to the statement that for any element g ∈ G \M, there exists a normal subgroup N of finite index in G such that g / ∈MN . A group G is subgroup separable if each of i...