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Bent walls for random groups in the square and hexagonal model

Group Theory 2019-06-25 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We consider two random group models: the hexagonal model and the square model, defined as the quotient of a free group by a random set of reduced words of length four and six respectively. Our first main result is that in this model there exists a sharp density threshold for Kazhdan's Property (T) and it equals 1/3. Our second main result is that for densities < 3/8 a random group in the square model with overwhelming probability does not have Property (T). Moreover, we provide a new version of the Isoperimetric Inequality that concerns non-planar diagrams and we introduce new geometrical tools to investigate random groups: trees of loops, diagrams collared by a tree of loops and specific codimension one structures in the Cayley complex, called bent hypergraphs.

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@article{arxiv.1906.05417,
  title  = {Bent walls for random groups in the square and hexagonal model},
  author = {Tomasz Odrzygóźdź},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.05417},
  year   = {2019}
}

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41 pages, 24 figures

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