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Branch groups with infinite rigid kernel

Alejandra Garrido·Zoran Šunić
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A theoretical framework is established for explicitly calculating rigid kernels of self-similar regular branch groups. This is applied to a new infinite family of branch groups in order to provide the first examples of self-similar, branch groups with infinite rigid kernel. The groups are analogs of the Hanoi Towers group on 3 pegs, based on the standard actions of finite dihedral groups on regular polygons with odd numbers of vertices, and the rigid kernel is an infinite Cartesian power of the cyclic group of order 2, except for the original Hanoi group. The proofs rely on a symbolic-dynamical approach, related to finitely constrained groups.

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Alejandra Garrido, Zoran Šunić. 2023-10-10. Branch groups with infinite rigid kernel. https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06581

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