Isoperimetric Inequalities in Nilpotent Groups

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Let \(\Gamma\) be a finitely generated nilpotent group. The author associates to \(\Gamma\) an integer \(d\) and shows that the 2-dimensional isoperimetric function \(\delta\) (the Dehn function) of \(\Gamma\) is bounded below by a polynomial function of degree \(d\). In the case of a free nilpotent group of class \(c\) it is proved (Corollary 6.2) that \(d=c+1\). Combining the lower bounds so obtained with upper bounds established by \textit{M. Gromov} [Asymptotic invariants of infinite groups, Lond. Math. Soc. Lect. Note Ser. 182 (1993; Zbl 0841.20039)] the author determines the asymptotic behaviour of the filling function \(F\) for simply connected nilpotent Lie groups of dimension less or equal to five. For discrete groups, this leads to the knowledge of the asymptotic behaviour of \(\delta\) for finitely generated nilpotent groups of rank less than or equal to five. The author also computes \(F\) for several infinite families of nilpotent Lie groups.




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