A finitely generated branch group of exponential growth without free subgroups.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2013.06.030zbMATH Open1303.20029arXiv1207.6548OpenAlexW2963356989MaRDI QIDQ405895FDOQ405895

Authors: Elisabeth Fink 

Publication date: 8 September 2014

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We will give an example of a branch group $G$ that has exponential growth but does not contain any non-abelian free subgroups. This answers question 16 from cite{Bartholdi} positively. The proof demonstrates how to construct a non-trivial word $w_{a,b}(x,y)$ for any $a,binG$ such that $w_{a,b}(a,b)=1$. The group $G$ is not just-infinite. We prove that every normal subgroup of $G$ is finitely generated as an abstract group and every proper quotient soluble. Further, $G$ has infinite virtual first Betti number but is not large.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.6548

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zbMATH Keywords

branch groupsgroups acting on rooted treesgroups of exponential growthgrowth of groupsnon-trivial words

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on trees (20E08) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07)

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