Weak Gersten conjecture for one-relator RG groups

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A restricted Gromov group, or RG group, is a finitely generated, torsion-free group GG such that for all g,h∈Gg,h\in G, either ⟨g,h⟩\langle g,h\rangle is cyclic or there exists some i∈Zi\in\mathbb Z such that ⟨gi,hi⟩\langle g^i,h^i\rangle is free of rank two, and every element of GG is contained in a maximal cyclic subgroup of GG. A group is one-relator if it admits a presentation with one defining relator.

Weak Gersten conjecture. Every one-relator RG group is hyperbolic.

This is presented as a weak form of Gersten's conjecture, which asserts that every one-relator group with no Baumslag--Solitar subgroups is hyperbolic. Since RG groups contain no Baumslag--Solitar subgroups, the conjecture would explain why hyperbolicity is relevant to the results while extending them beyond the hyperbolic setting. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source.

References

Primary source

Giles Gardam, Dawid Kielak and Alan D. Logan, “JSJ decompositions and polytopes for two-generator one-relator groups”, arXiv:2101.02193 (2025).

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