Explicit polynomial bounds on Dehn functions of subgroups of hyperbolic groups
Abstract
In 1999 Brady constructed the first example of a non-hyperbolic finitely presented subgroup of a hyperbolic group by fibring a non-positively curved cube complex over the circle. We show that his example has Dehn function bounded above by $n^{96}$. This provides the first explicit polynomial upper bound on the Dehn function of a finitely presented non-hyperbolic subgroup of a hyperbolic group. We also determine the precise hyperbolicity constant for the $1$-skeleton of the universal cover of the cube complex in Brady's construction with respect to the $4$-point condition for hyperbolicity.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- January 2025
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2501.01688
- Bibcode:
- 2025arXiv250101688K
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Group Theory;
- Mathematics - Geometric Topology;
- 20F67;
- 20F65;
- 20F69;
- 20F06
- E-Print:
- 21 pages, 19 figures