The Dehn functions of O u t ( F n ) and A u t ( F n )

Martin R. Bridson[1]; Karen Vogtmann[2]

  • [1] Mathematical Institute 24-29 St Giles’ Oxford OX1 3LB (U.K.)
  • [2] Cornell University Department of Mathematics Ithaca NY 14853 (USA)

Annales de l’institut Fourier (2012)

  • Volume: 62, Issue: 5, page 1811-1817
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

Abstract

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For n at least 3, the Dehn functions of O u t ( F n ) and A u t ( F n ) are exponential. Hatcher and Vogtmann proved that they are at most exponential, and the complementary lower bound in the case n = 3 was established by Bridson and Vogtmann. Handel and Mosher completed the proof by reducing the lower bound for n bigger than 3 to the case n = 3 . In this note we give a shorter, more direct proof of this last reduction.

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Bridson, Martin R., and Vogtmann, Karen. "The Dehn functions of $Out(F_n)$ and $Aut(F_n)$." Annales de l’institut Fourier 62.5 (2012): 1811-1817. <http://eudml.org/doc/251062>.

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