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Superexponential distortion of free groups in virtually special Groups

Geometric Topology 2025-08-26 v1

Abstract

For all integers k,m>0k, m > 0, we construct a virtually special group GG containing a finite rank free subgroup FF whose distortion function in GG grows like expk(xm)\exp^k(x^m). We also construct examples of virtually special groups containing finite rank free subgroups whose distortion functions grow bigger than any iterated exponential.

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@article{arxiv.2508.18223,
  title  = {Superexponential distortion of free groups in virtually special Groups},
  author = {Pratit Goswami and Maya Verma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.18223},
  year   = {2025}
}
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