Isoperimetric inequalities in finitely generated groups

Abstract: To each finitely generated group $G$, we associate a quasi-isometric invariant called the Dehn spectrum of $G$. If $G$ is finitely presented, our invariant is closely related to the Dehn function of $G$. The main goal of this paper is to initiate the study of Dehn spectra of finitely generated (but not necessarily finitely presented) groups. In particular, we compute the Dehn spectrum of small cancellation groups, certain wreath products, and free Burnside groups of sufficiently large odd exponent. We also address some natural questions on the structure of the poset of Dehn spectra. As an application, we show that there exist $2^{\aleph_0}$ pairwise non-quasi-isometric finitely generated groups of finite exponent.