A subgroup theorem for homological filling functions

Abstract: We use algebraic techniques to study homological filling functions of groups and their subgroups. If

G

is a group admitting a finite

(n + 1)

--dimensional

K (G, 1)

and

H l e q G

is of type

F_{n + 1}

, then the

n^{t h}

--homological filling function of

H

is bounded above by that of

G

. This contrast with known examples where such inequality does not hold under weaker conditions on the ambient group

G

or the subgroup

H

. We include applications to hyperbolic groups and homotopical filling functions.

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