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k-Weakly almost convex groups and ? 1 ? $$\tilde M^3 $$

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We extend Cannon's notion ofk-almost convex groups which requires that for two pointsx, y on then-sphere in the Cayley graph which can be joined by a pathl1 of length ≤k, there is a second pathl2 in then-ball, joiningx andy, of bounded length ≤N(k). Ourk-weakly almost convexity relaxes this condition by requiring only thatl1 ∝l2 bounds a disk of area ≤C1(k)n1 - e(k) +C2(k). IfM3 is a closed 3-manifold with 3-weakly almost convex fundamental group, then π1∞\(\tilde M^3 = 0\).