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arxiv: 1011.2460 · v2 · pith:7APG6SKXnew · submitted 2010-11-10 · 🧮 math.GT

Group Width

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keywords widthmanifoldcheegercomplexityconstantcountabledefinefinite
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There are many "minimax" complexity functions in mathematics: width of a tree or a link, Heegaard genus of a 3-manifold, the Cheeger constant of a Riemannian manifold. We define such a function w, "width", on countable (or finite) groups and show w(Z^k) = k-1.

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