The splitting conjecture for finitely presented non-semistable groups

Let GG be a finitely presented group. Say that GG splits non-trivially when it admits a nontrivial splitting as a graph-of-groups decomposition.

The splitting conjecture for finitely presented non-semistable groups. If GG does not have semistable fundamental group at infinity, then GG splits non-trivially.

The conjecture is presented as a prospective converse to combination results showing that suitable finite graphs of groups with semistable vertex groups have semistable fundamental group at infinity. The source provides no resolution of the converse.

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Primary source

Michael Mihalik, “A Manual for Ends, Semistability and Simple Connectivity at Infinity for Groups and Spaces”, arXiv:2507.17060 (2026).

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