Intrinsic Tame Filling Functions and Other Refinements of Diameter Functions

Authors

Andrew Quaisley, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

First Advisor

Susan Hermiller

Second Advisor

Mark Brittenham

Date of this Version

5-2023

Comments

A DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfilment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Major: Mathematics, Under the Supervision of Professors Susan Hermiller and Mark Brittenham. Lincoln, Nebraska: May, 2023

Copyright © 2023 Andrew Quaisley

Abstract

Tame filling functions are quasi-isometry invariants that are refinements of the diameter function of a group. Although tame filling functions were defined in part to provide a proper refinement of the diameter function, we show that every finite presentation of a group has an intrinsic tame filling function that is equivalent to its intrinsic diameter function. We then introduce some alternative filling functions—based on concepts similar to those used to define intrinsic tame filling functions—that are potential proper refinements of the intrinsic diameter function.

Adviser: Susan Hermiller and Mark Brittenham