A short account of why Thompson's group F is of type \textrm{F}_\infty

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Authors Matthew C. B. Zaremsky

Publication date 22 July 2020

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.11502

zbMATH Keywords

classifying spacefiniteness propertiesThompson's group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

Abstract: In 1984 Brown and Geoghegan proved that Thompson's group $F$ is of type $extrm{F}_{i}nfty$, making it the first example of an infinite dimensional torsion-free group of type $extrm{F}_{i}nfty$. Over the decades a different, shorter proof has emerged, which is more streamlined and generalizable to other groups. It is difficult, however, to isolate this proof in the literature just for $F$ itself, with no complicated generalizations considered and no additional properties proved. The goal of this expository note then is to present the "modern" proof that $F$ is of type $extrm{F}_{i}nfty$, and nothing else.

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