Not residually finite groups of intermediate growth, commensurability and non-geometricity.

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2002.11.005zbMath1049.20019MaRDI QIDQ1425091

A. G. Erschler

Publication date: 15 March 2004

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://cds.cern.ch/record/589859

zbMATH Keywords

finitely generated groups; word problem; quasi-isometries; growth of groups; groups of finite exponent; residual finiteness; groups of intermediate growth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F50: Periodic groups; locally finite groups

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20F65: Geometric group theory

20F10: Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects)

20E26: Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups

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