Poly-free Constructions for Right-angled Artin Groups
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چکیده
We show that every right-angled Artin group AΓ defined by a graph Γ of finite chromatic number is poly-free with poly-free length bounded between the clique number and the chromatic number of Γ. Further, a characterization of all right-angled Artin groups of poly-free length 2 is given, namely the group AΓ has poly-free length 2 if and only if there exists an independent set of vertices D in Γ such that every cycle in Γ meets D at least twice. Finally, it is shown that AΓ is a semidirect product of 2 free groups of finite rank if and only if Γ is a finite tree or a finite complete bipartite graph. All of the proofs of the existence of poly-free structures are constructive.
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