Simplicial volume of one-relator groups and stable commutator length

DOI10.2140/AGT.2022.22.1615arXiv1911.02470MaRDI QIDQ6328671FDOQ6328671

Publication date: 6 November 2019

Abstract: A one-relator group is a group

G_{r}

that admits a presentation

l a n g l e S m i d r a n g l e

with a single relation

r

. One-relator groups form a rich classically studied class of groups in Geometric Group Theory. If

r i n F (S)^{'}

, the commutator subgroup of

F (S)

, we introduce the simplicial volume of

| G_{r} |

. We relate this invariant to the stable commutator length

e x t r m {s c l}_{S} (r)

of the element

r i n F (S)

. We show that often (though not always) the linear relationship

| G_{r} | = 4 c d o t e x t r m {s c l}_{S} (r) - 2

holds and that every rational number modulo

1

is the simplicial volume of a one-relator group. Moreover, we show that this relationship holds approximately for proper powers and for elements satisfying the small cancellation condition

C^{'} (1 / N)

, with a multiplicative error of

O (1 / N)

. This allows us to prove for random elements of

F (S)^{'}

of length

n

that

| G_{r} |

is

2 l o g (2 | S | - 1) / 3 c d o t n / l o g (n) + o (n / l o g (n))

with high probability, using an analogous result of Calegari-Walker for stable commutator length.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Geometric group theory (20F65) Homological methods in group theory (20J05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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