Normal generation and \(\ell^2\)-Betti numbers of groups.

DOI10.1007/s00208-012-0828-7zbMath1286.20052arXiv1108.2411WikidataQ61677680 ScholiaQ61677680MaRDI QIDQ2377365

Denis V. Osin, Andreas Thom

Publication date: 28 June 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2411

zbMATH Keywords

finitely generated groups; infinite simple groups; amenable groups; normal closures; relatively hyperbolic groups; small cancellation conditions; \(\ell^2\)-Betti numbers; normal ranks; left orderable groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20E32: Simple groups

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20F65: Geometric group theory

20F67: Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups

20F60: Ordered groups (group-theoretic aspects)

43A07: Means on groups, semigroups, etc.; amenable groups

20F06: Cancellation theory of groups; application of van Kampen diagrams

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