Distorted and undistorted subgroups of the Lodha-Moore group

Abstract

We show that the Baumslag-Solitar group $BS(1,2)$ is undistorted in the Lodha-Moore group $G_0$ using an explicit lower bound for the word length of $G_0$. We also show that Thompson's group $F$ is distorted in $G_0$.

16 pages, 4 figures