The coarse filling conjecture for S-arithmetic groups

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Let KK) be a global field, meaning a global function field or a number field. Let GG be an absolutely almost simple KK-isotropic KK-group, let SS be a non-empty finite set of places of KK containing all archimedean ones, and let n<∑P∈Srk⁡KP(G)n < \sum_{P \in S} \operatorname{rk}_{K_P}(G). A coarse nn-manifold Σ\Sigma in a metric space is a function from the vertices of a triangulated nn-manifold into that metric space; its boundary, scale, volume, and topological type are defined as in the setup above. Coarse filling conjecture. For every r1>0r_1>0, there exist a linear polynomial ff and r2>0r_2>0 such that, whenever Σ⊆∏P∈SG(KP)\Sigma \subseteq \prod_{P \in S}G(K_P) is a coarse nn-manifold of scale r1r_1 with ∂Σ⊆G(OS)\partial\Sigma\subseteq G(\mathcal{O}_S), there is a coarse nn-manifold Σ′⊆G(OS)\Sigma'\subseteq G(\mathcal{O}_S) of scale r2r_2 and identical topological type such that ∂Σ′=∂Σ\partial\Sigma'=\partial\Sigma and

vol⁡(Σ′)≤f(vol⁡(Σ)).\operatorname{vol}(\Sigma')\leq f(\operatorname{vol}(\Sigma)).

If true, this would give another proof of the rank theorem for SS-arithmetic groups, and it concerns filling properties below the rank threshold. The source does not provide evidence resolving the conjecture.

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Primary source

Ralf Köhl, “On the geometry of global function fields, the Riemann-Roch theorem, and finiteness properties of S-arithmetic groups”, arXiv:1008.3664 (2011).

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