Cogrowth and amenability of discrete groups

DOI10.1016/0022-1236(82)90090-8zbMath0499.20023MaRDI QIDQ1171646

Joel M. Cohen

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1236(82)90090-8

zbMATH Keywords

generators; amenable group; reduced word; entropic dimension; cogrowth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20E05: Free nonabelian groups

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