Short incompressible graphs and 2-free groups

arXiv2304.10924MaRDI QIDQ6509757FDOQ6509757

Authors: F. Balacheff, Wolfgang Pitsch 

Abstract: Consider a finite connected $2$-complex $X$ endowed with a piecewise Riemannian metric and whose fundamental group is freely indecomposable, of rank at least $3$, and in which every $2$-generated subgroup is free. In this paper we show that we can always find a connected graph $GammasubsetX$ such that $p{i}_{1}Gammasimeq{mathbbF}_{2}hookrightarrowp{i}_{1}X$ (in short, a $2$-incompressible graph) whose length satisfies the following curvature-free inequality: $ell(Gamma)leq4sqrt2extArea(X)$. This generalizes a previous inequality proved by Gromov for closed Riemannian surfaces with negative Euler characteristic. As a consequence we obtain that the volume entropy of such $2$-complexes with unit area is always bounded away from zero.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34)

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