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FALSE: the same delta works after every finite change of generating set

Statement

False claim: once a finitely generated group is hyperbolic, one numerical slimness constant δ works for the Cayley graph of every finite generating set.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The free group F2=⟨a,b⟩ and, for each integer n≥2, the generating set Sn={a,b,anbn}.

[A1]

Write t=anbn. A word over Sn±1 with signed total exponent r of t and length ℓ has abelianization (x,y) only if ℓ≥∣x−nr∣+∣y−nr∣+∣r∣. Indeed, its remaining a- and b-letters must supply the respective coordinate differences.

Refutation

technique · direct
1.1given

The generating set {a,b} gives a tree Cayley graph, so F2 is 0-hyperbolic for that choice.

1.2A1choosealgebra

Let δ≥0, and choose an even n=2k with k>δ. The paths labelled an from 1 to an and bn from an to t have length n. They are geodesic: for every integer r, [A1] gives respective lower bounds ∣n−nr∣+∣nr∣+∣r∣≥n and ∣nr∣+∣n−nr∣+∣r∣≥n. The edge labelled t joins 1 to t, so these paths form a geodesic triangle.

2.1A1step 1.2algebra

Its midpoint vertex ak is distance k from 1. For any word from ak to t, [A1] gives ℓ≥∣k−nr∣+∣n−nr∣+∣r∣≥k+1 for every integer r: the first term is at least k, and either r≠0 or the second term is positive. Thus ak is at distance at least k from the one-edge side [1,t], including its interior. Every vertex anbj on the other long side, 0≤j≤n, is also at distance at least k from ak, since the first term of the lower bound ∣k−nr∣+∣j−nr∣+∣r∣ is at least k for every integer r. The same bound holds for points inside its edges. Therefore this geodesic triangle is not δ-slim.

3.1step 1.1step 1.2step 2.1∎

Since δ was arbitrary, no single constant works for all finite generating sets of F2. Therefore the claim is false.

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