A probabilistic Tits alternative and probabilistic identities

DOI10.2140/ant.2016.10.1359zbMath1356.20030arXiv1507.08841MaRDI QIDQ313952

Aner Shalev, Michael J. Larsen

Publication date: 12 September 2016

Published in: Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.08841

zbMATH Keywords

residually finite; Tits alternative; probabilistic identity; profinite completion; virtually solvable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20G15: Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields

20F16: Solvable groups, supersolvable groups

20E26: Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups

20E18: Limits, profinite groups

20P05: Probabilistic methods in group theory