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Random Groups at Density $d<1/2$: Sharp Length Inequalities for Generalized Torsion and a Fixed-width Exclusion via First-order Transfer

Group Theory 2026-02-03 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let GG be a random group in Gromov's density model G(m,d,L)G(m,d,L) with d<12d<\tfrac12. We prove a sharp quantitative constraint on products of conjugates equal to the identity: for every n1n\ge1 and ε>0\varepsilon>0, with overwhelming probability as LL\to\infty, any tight word W=i=1nhi1ghi=1in G W=\prod_{i=1}^n h_i^{-1} g h_i =1 \quad\text{in } G (with g1g\neq 1 as a word) satisfies the inequality i=1n\lenhi  >  12dε2L    n2\leng. \sum_{i=1}^n \len{h_i} \;>\; \frac{1-2d-\varepsilon}{2}\,L \;-\; \frac{n}{2}\,\len{g}. The proof is a short van Kampen diagram argument: Ollivier's sharp isoperimetric inequality forces a 2-cell contributing a large portion of its boundary to the outer boundary, and a simple boundary block-counting estimate yields this corridor-type lower bound. As consequences we obtain uniform short-witness exclusions and width--length tradeoffs for generalized torsion at every density d<12d<\tfrac12. We also deduce that random groups have no generalized torsion of any fixed width as a corollary of the recent first-order transfer theorem of Kharlampovich, Miasnikov, and Sklinos.

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@article{arxiv.2602.02183,
  title  = {Random Groups at Density $d<1/2$: Sharp Length Inequalities for Generalized Torsion and a Fixed-width Exclusion via First-order Transfer},
  author = {Hyungryul Baik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.02183},
  year   = {2026}
}

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