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Groups acting simply transitively on hyperbolic buildings

Abstract

We construct and classify all groups, given by triangular presentations associated to the smallest thick generalized quadrangle, that act simply transitively on the vertices of hyperbolic triangular buildings of the smallest non-trivial thickness. Our classification shows 23 non-isomorphic torsion free groups (obtained in an earlier work) and 168 non-isomorphic torsion groups acting on one of two possible buildings with the smallest thick generalized quadrangle as the link of each vertex. In analogy with the Euclidean case, we find both torsion and torsion free groups acting on the same building.

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Lisa Carbone, Riikka Kangaslampi, Alina Vdovina. 2011-10-31. Groups acting simply transitively on hyperbolic buildings. https://doi.org/10.1112/s1461157012000083

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