Fixed sets and free subgroups of groups acting on metric spaces

DOI10.1007/BF02572415zbMath0892.54022OpenAlexW2013740324MaRDI QIDQ1323455

Wolfgang Woess

Publication date: 3 August 1998

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/174579

zbMATH Keywords

random walksconvergence groupsautomorphism groupscontractivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transformation groups and semigroups (topological aspects) (54H15) Topological transformation groups (57S99) Boundary theory for Markov processes (60J50)

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