Subgroup distortion refers to a phenomenon in which the characteristics, behaviors, or identities of individuals within a subgroup of a larger population are misrepresented or misunderstood, often due to stereotypes or biases. This can occur in various contexts, including social groups, organizational settings, and research.
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For a finitely generated subgroup , subgroup distortion compares the intrinsic word length with the ambient word length . The subgroup is undistorted exactly when its inclusion is a quasi-isometric embedding.