# Virtual specialness of CAT(0) free-by-cyclic groups

- Reference: `kourovka-21-124-virtual-specialness-of-cat-0-free-by-cyclic-groups`
- Page: https://theoremdb.org/statements/kourovka-21-124-virtual-specialness-of-cat-0-free-by-cyclic-groups
- Record maturity: Reviewed problem

## Problem

A group G is said to be virtually special if G has a finite-index subgroup isomorphic to the fundamental group of a special complex (in the sense of F. Haglund, D. T. Wise, Geom. Funct. Anal., 17, no. 5 (2008), 1551-1620; cf 20.60.) A group G is called a CAT(0) group if it acts properly discontinuously and cocompactly by isometries on a CAT(0) metric space. a) Is every CAT(0) free-by-cyclic group virtually special? b) A weaker question: does every CAT(0) free-by-cyclic group virtually embed into a right-angled Artin group? This is Kourovka Notebook Problem \(21.124\).

## Status

The reviewed record remains open.

## Work

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