The Geometry of the Handlebody Groups II: Dehn functions

DOI10.1307/MMJ/1586160015MaRDI QIDQ6300973arXivFDO

Authors Ursula Hamenstädt, Sebastian Hensel

Publication date 30 April 2018

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) General low-dimensional topology (57Mxx)

Abstract: We show that the Dehn function of the handlebody group is exponential in any genus $ggeq3$. On the other hand, we show that the handlebody group of genus $2$ is cubical, biautomatic, and therefore has a quadratic Dehn function.

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