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(Un)distorted stabilisers in the handlebody group

Geometric Topology 2021-04-07 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

We study geometric properties of stabilisers in the handlebody group. We find that stabilisers of meridians are undistorted, while stabilisers of primitive curves or annuli are exponentially distorted for large enough genus.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1901.04387,
  title  = {(Un)distorted stabilisers in the handlebody group},
  author = {Sebastian Hensel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.04387},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

34 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication by the Journal of Topology

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