Superexponential distortion of free groups in virtually special Groups
Geometric Topology
2025-08-26 v1
Abstract
For all integers , we construct a virtually special group containing a finite rank free subgroup whose distortion function in grows like . We also construct examples of virtually special groups containing finite rank free subgroups whose distortion functions grow bigger than any iterated exponential.
Cite
@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}
}