Abstract
We borrow the Jaco-Shalen-Johannson notion of characteristic submanifolds from 3-dimensional topology to study cyclic splittings of finitely presented groups. The canonical JSJ decomposition we construct generalizes the one introduced in [Se1] for (Gromov) hyperbolic groups.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 53-109 |
Number of pages | 57 |
Journal | Annals of Mathematics |
Volume | 146 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1997 |