About the metric approximation of Higman's group.

DOI10.1515/JGT.2011.102zbMATH Open1251.20040arXiv1005.0823OpenAlexW2963622310WikidataQ61677682 ScholiaQ61677682MaRDI QIDQ2903546FDOQ2903546

Authors: Andreas Thom 

Publication date: 10 August 2012

Published in: Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that Higman's group does not embed into a metric ultraproduct of finite groups with a commutator-contractive invariant length function.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.0823

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zbMATH Keywords

sofic groupsapproximation propertyfinitely presented groupsgroup von Neumann algebrasHigman groupLEF groupscommutator-contractive invariant length functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65) (C^*)-algebras and (W^*)-algebras in relation to group representations (22D25) Ultraproducts in functional analysis (46M07)

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