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Systolic volume of homology classes

Differential Geometry 2015-05-27 v2

Abstract

Given an integer homology class of a finitely presentable group, the systolic volume quantifies how tight could be a geometric realization of this class. In this paper, we study various aspects of this numerical invariant showing that it is a complex and powerful tool to investigate topological properties of homology classes of finitely presentable groups.

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@article{arxiv.1009.2835,
  title  = {Systolic volume of homology classes},
  author = {Ivan K. Babenko and Florent Balacheff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.2835},
  year   = {2015}
}