The Geometry of the Handlebody Groups II: Dehn functions
Abstract
We show that the Dehn function of the handlebody group is exponential in any genus g≥ 3. On the other hand, we show that the handlebody group of genus 2 is cubical, biautomatic, and therefore has a quadratic Dehn function.
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