Horofunctions on graphs of linear growth

DOI10.1016/J.CRMA.2016.10.015MaRDI QIDQ344320zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthew C. H. Tointon, Ariel Yadin

Publication date 22 November 2016

Published in Comptes Rendus. Mathématique. Académie des Sciences, Paris (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03727

zbMATH Keywords

linear growth graphvirtually cyclic group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite graphs (05C63) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07)

Abstract: We prove that a linear growth graph has finitely many horofunctions. This provides a short and simple proof that any finitely generated infinite group of linear growth is virtually cyclic.

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