DOI: 10.1017/etds.2026.10350 ISSN: 0143-3857

Subgroup mixing in Baumslag–Solitar groups

SASHA BONTEMPS

Abstract

In this article, we contribute to the study of the dynamics by conjugation on the space of subgroups of Baumslag–Solitar groups

BS ( m , n ) $\mathrm {BS}(m,n)$ upper B upper S left parenthesis m comma n right parenthesis
via the mixing properties of elements asymptotically produced by suitable random walks on the group. In an acylindrically hyperbolic context, Hull, Minasyan and Osin [Subgroup mixing and random walks in groups acting on hyperbolic spaces. Ergod. Th. & Dynam. Sys. 46 (10) (2026), 2505–2541] demonstrated strong mixing situations, namely topological
μ $\mu $ mu
-mixing, a strengthening of high topological transitivity. Regarding non-metabelian
BS ( m , n ) $\mathrm {BS}(m,n)$ upper B upper S left parenthesis m comma n right parenthesis
with
| m | ≠ | n | $|m|\neq |n|$ StartAbsoluteValue m EndAbsoluteValue not equals StartAbsoluteValue n EndAbsoluteValue
, we exhibit here a radically different situation on each of the pieces except one of the partition introduced by Carderi, Gaboriau, Le Maître and Stalder [On the space of subgroups of Baumslag–Solitar groups I: perfect kernel and phenotype. Rev. Mat. Iberoam. 41 (5) (2025), 1711–1758] (although it is highly topologically transitive on each piece). However, when
| m | = | n | $|m|= |n|$ StartAbsoluteValue m EndAbsoluteValue equals StartAbsoluteValue n EndAbsoluteValue
, we demonstrate the topological
μ $\mu $ mu
-mixing character of the action on each of the pieces.

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