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Quasi-isometry invariance of relative filling functions

Group Theory 2025-01-15 v4 Geometric Topology Metric Geometry

Abstract

For a finitely generated group GG and collection of subgroups P\mathcal{P} we prove that the relative Dehn function of a pair (G,P)(G,\mathcal{P}) is invariant under quasi-isometry of pairs. Along the way we show quasi-isometries of pairs preserve almost malnormality of the collection and fineness of the associated coned off Cayley graphs. We also prove that for a cocompact simply connected combinatorial GG-22-complex XX with finite edge stabilisers, the combinatorial Dehn function is well-defined if and only if the 11-skeleton of XX is fine. We also show that if HH is a hyperbolically embedded subgroup of a finitely presented group GG, then the relative Dehn function of the pair (G,H)(G, H) is well-defined. In the appendix, it is shown that show that the Baumslag-Solitar group BS(k,l)\mathrm{BS}(k,l) has a well-defined Dehn function with respect to the cyclic subgroup generated by the stable letter if and only if neither kk divides ll nor ll divides kk.

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@article{arxiv.2107.03355,
  title  = {Quasi-isometry invariance of relative filling functions},
  author = {Sam Hughes and Eduardo Martínez-Pedroza and Luis Jorge Sánchez Saldaña},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.03355},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Appendix by Ashot Minasyan