The geometry of one-relator groups satisfying a polynomial isoperimetric inequality

Gardam, Giles; Woodhouse, Daniel

doi:10.1090/proc/14238

The geometry of one-relator groups satisfying a polynomial isoperimetric inequality
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by Giles Gardam and Daniel J. Woodhouse

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 147 (2019), 125-129

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/14238

Published electronically: October 18, 2018

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Abstract:

For every pair of positive integers $p > q$ we construct a one-relator group $R_{p,q}$ whose Dehn function is $\simeq n^{2 \alpha }$ where $\alpha = \log _2(2p / q)$. The group $R_{p, q}$ has no subgroup isomorphic to a Baumslag–Solitar group $BS(m, n)$ with $m \neq \pm n$, but it is not automatic, not CAT(0), and cannot act freely on a CAT(0) cube complex. This answers a long-standing question on the automaticity of one-relator groups and gives counterexamples to a conjecture of Wise.

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