Most actions on regular trees are almost free. (Q1016446)
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Most actions on regular trees are almost free. (English)
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5 May 2009
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Summary: Let \(T\) be a \(d\)-regular tree (\(d\geq 3\)) and \(A=\Aut(T)\) its automorphism group. Let \(\Gamma\) be the group generated by \(n\) independent Haar-random elements of \(A\). We show that almost surely, every nontrivial element of \(\Gamma\) has finitely many fixed points on \(T\).
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random generations
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almost free actions
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dense subgroups
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Galton-Watson processes
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random elements
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