Scaled relators and Dehn functions for nilpotent groups

Details Scaled relators and Dehn functions for nilpotent groups Scaled relators and Dehn functions for nilpotent groups

2006-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/math/0601297v3

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Group Theory

19 pages; typos corrected, submitted

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A homogeneous nilpotent Lie group has a scaling automorphism determined by a grading of its Lie algebra. Many proofs of upper bounds for the Dehn function of such a group depend on being able to fill curves with discs compatible with this grading; the area of such discs changes predictably under the scaling automorphism. In this paper, we present combinatorial methods for finding such bounds. Using this method, we give new proofs of some results on Dehn functions of nilpotent groups, prove theorems on central powers and certain quotients of nilpotent groups, and construct the first example of a torsion-free nilpotent group of class 3 with a quadratic Dehn function.

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