Polynomial filling functions of sublevel sets in $\mathrm{CAT}(0)$ cube complexes

Abstract

We give a criterion ensuring that sufficiently high sublevel sets of a discrete Morse function on a $\mathrm{CAT}(0)$ cube complex have polynomial integral homological filling functions. As one application, we verify this criterion for the Stein--Farley complexes of the Higman--Thompson groups $F_{d,r}$, $T_{d,r}$, and $V_{d,r}$. Consequently, these groups have polynomial homological filling functions in every degree $k\ge 2$.

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