## Algebraic & Geometric Topology

### $L_\delta$ groups are almost convex and have a sub-cubic Dehn function

Murray Elder

#### Abstract

We prove that if the Cayley graph of a finitely generated group enjoys the property $Lδ$ then the group is almost convex and has a sub-cubic isoperimetric function.

#### Article information

Source
Algebr. Geom. Topol., Volume 4, Number 1 (2004), 23-29.

Dates
Revised: 3 October 2003
Accepted: 19 December 2003
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513882464

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/agt.2004.4.23

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2031910

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1056.20030

#### Citation

Elder, Murray. $L_\delta$ groups are almost convex and have a sub-cubic Dehn function. Algebr. Geom. Topol. 4 (2004), no. 1, 23--29. doi:10.2140/agt.2004.4.23. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513882464

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