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Parallel geodesics and minimal stable length of random groups

Group Theory 2025-08-26 v1

Abstract

We show that for any pair of long enough parallel geodesics in a random group G(m,d)G_\ell(m,d) with mm generators at density d<1/6d<1/6, there is a van Kampen diagram having only one layer of faces. Using this result, we give an upper bound, depending only on dd, of the number of pairwise parallel geodesics in G(m,d)G_\ell(m,d) when d<1/6d<1/6. As an application, we show that the minimal stable length of G(m,d)G_\ell(m,d) at d<1/6d<1/6 is exactly 11.

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@article{arxiv.2410.07859,
  title  = {Parallel geodesics and minimal stable length of random groups},
  author = {Tsung-Hsuan Tsai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.07859},
  year   = {2025}
}

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21 pages

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