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Relative Dehn fuctions, hyperbolically embedded subgroups and combination theorems

Group Theory 2023-07-27 v3

Abstract

Consider the following classes of pairs consisting of a group and a finite collection of subgroups: \mathcal{C}= \left\{ (G,\mathcal H) \mid \text{\mathcal{H}ishyperbolicallyembeddedin is hyperbolically embedded in G} \right\} and \mathcal{D}= \left\{ (G,\mathcal H) \mid \text{the relative Dehn function of (G,\mathcal H) is well-defined} \right\}. Let GG be a group that splits as a finite graph of groups such that each vertex group GvG_v is assigned a finite collection of subgroups Hv\mathcal{H}_v, and each edge group GeG_e is conjugate to a subgroup of some HHvH\in \mathcal{H}_v if ee is adjacent to vv. Then there is a finite collection of subgroups H\mathcal{H} of GG such that: \bullet If each (Gv,Hv)(G_v, \mathcal{H}_v) is in C\mathcal C, then (G,H)(G,\mathcal{H}) is in C\mathcal C. \bullet If each (Gv,Hv)(G_v, \mathcal{H}_v) is in D\mathcal D, then (G,H)(G,\mathcal{H}) is in D\mathcal D. \bullet For any vertex vv and for any gGvg\in G_v, the element gg is conjugate to an element in some QHvQ\in\mathcal{H}_v if and only if gg is conjugate to an element in some HHH\in\mathcal{H}. That edge groups are not assumed to be finitely generated and that they do not necessarily belong to a peripheral collection of subgroups of an adjacent vertex are the main differences between this work and previous results in the literature. The method of proof provides lower and upper bounds of the relative Dehn functions in terms of the relative Dehn functions of the vertex groups. These bounds generalize and improve analogous results in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.2210.08938,
  title  = {Relative Dehn fuctions, hyperbolically embedded subgroups and combination theorems},
  author = {Hadi Bigdely and Eduardo Martínez-Pedroza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.08938},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Version 3. Version accepted for publication in Glasgow Mathematical Journal

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