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Snowflake geometry in CAT(0) groups

Group Theory 2017-09-20 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We construct CAT(0) groups containing subgroups whose Dehn functions are given by xsx^s, for a dense set of numbers s[2,)s \in [2, \infty). This significantly expands the known geometric behavior of subgroups of CAT(0) groups.

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@article{arxiv.1602.08379,
  title  = {Snowflake geometry in CAT(0) groups},
  author = {Noel Brady and Max Forester},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.08379},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

48 pages, 13 figures. v2: minor corrections; to appear in Journal of Topology

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