Kuckuck's nn-(n+1)(n+1)-(n+2)(n+2) conjecture for group finiteness properties

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Let nn be a nonnegative integer, and let

1N1G1Q1,1N2G2Q11\to N_{1}\to G_{1}\to Q\to1,\qquad 1\to N_{2}\to G_{2}\to Q\to1

be short exact sequences of groups. For epimorphisms G1QG_1\to Q and G2QG_2\to Q, their fibre product is

G1×QG2={(g1,g2)G1×G2ϕ1(g1)=ϕ2(g2)}.G_{1}\times_{Q}G_{2}=\{(g_{1},g_{2})\in G_{1}\times G_{2}\mid \phi_{1}(g_{1})=\phi_{2}(g_{2})\}.

The nn-(n+1)(n+1)-(n+2)(n+2) conjecture. If N1N_{1} is of type Fn\operatorname F_n, G1G_1 and G2G_2 are of type Fn+1\operatorname F_{n+1}, and QQ is of type Fn+2\operatorname F_{n+2}, then G1×QG2G_{1}\times_QG_{2} is of type Fn+1\operatorname F_{n+1}. The cases n=0n=0 and n=1n=1 were known from the cited results, and the paper establishes the conjecture in general; it is also used to deduce the Virtual Surjection Conjecture.

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Tal Cohen and Mark Shusterman, “Virtual Surjection and the n-(n+1)-(n+2) Theorem for Discrete Groups”, arXiv:2607.18079 (2026).

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