Cayley compactifications of abelian groups

DOI10.1007/S000260200005MaRDI QIDQ1400783zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mike Develin

Publication date 14 August 2003

Published in Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0211072

zbMATH Keywords

Cayley compactificationCayley graph

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Special aspects of infinite or finite groups (20F99) Selfadjoint operator algebras ((C^*)-algebras, von Neumann ((W^*)-) algebras, etc.) (46L99) Discrete geometry (52C99)

Abstract: Following work of Rieffel, we define the Cayley compactification of an abelian group with specified generating set. We investigate its structure using methods from discrete geometry and commutative algebra.

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