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Dual structures on Coxeter and Artin groups of rank three

Emanuele Delucchi, Giovanni Paolini and Mario Salvetti

Geometry & Topology 28 (2024) 4295–4336
Abstract

We extend the theory of dual Coxeter and Artin groups to all rank-three Coxeter systems, beyond the previously studied spherical and affine cases. Using geometric, combinatorial, and topological techniques, we show that rank-three noncrossing partition posets are EL–shellable lattices and give rise to Garside groups isomorphic to the associated standard Artin groups. Within this framework, we prove the K(π,1) conjecture, the triviality of the center, and the solubility of the word problem for rank-three Artin groups. Some of our constructions apply to general Artin groups; we hope they will help develop complete solutions to the K(π,1) conjecture and other open problems in the area.

Keywords
Artin groups, Coxeter groups, Garside structures, discrete Morse theory, shellability
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 20F36, 20F55
Secondary: 06A07, 55P20, 55R35, 57Q70
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Publication
Received: 13 July 2022
Revised: 15 May 2023
Accepted: 15 June 2023
Published: 27 December 2024
Proposed: Mladen Bestvina
Seconded: Ian Agol, Martin R Bridson
Authors
Emanuele Delucchi
IDSIA
University of Applied Arts and Sciences of Southern Switzerland
Lugano
Switzerland
Giovanni Paolini
Dipartimento di Matematica
Università di Bologna
Bologna
Italy
Mario Salvetti
Dipartimento di Matematica
Università di Pisa
Pisa
Italy

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