Subgroups of Relatively Hyperbolic Groups of Bredon Cohomological Dimension 2

Abstract

A remarkable result of Gersten states that the class of hyperbolic groups of cohomological dimension $2$ is closed under taking finitely presented (or more generally $F{P}_2$) subgroups. We prove the analogous result for relatively hyperbolic groups of Bredon cohomological dimension $2$ with respect to the family of parabolic subgroups. A class of groups where our result applies consists of $C^{\prime }(1/6)$ small cancellation products. The proof relies on an algebraic approach to relative homological Dehn functions, and a characterization of relative hyperbolicity in the framework of finiteness properties over Bredon modules and homological Isoperimetric inequalities.

arXiv commentVersion accepted for publication in Journal of Group Theory