\(C^*\)-simple groups without free subgroups

DOI10.4171/GGD/253zbMath1354.22009arXiv1401.7300MaRDI QIDQ473150

Denis V. Osin, Alexander Yu. Ol'shanskii

Publication date: 21 November 2014

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.7300

zbMATH Keywords

small cancellation theory; relatively hyperbolic group; free subgroup; \(C^*\) simple group; free Burnside group; simple \(C^*\) algebra; unique trace

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F50: Periodic groups; locally finite groups

22D25: (C^*)-algebras and (W^*)-algebras in relation to group representations

46L05: General theory of (C^*)-algebras

20F67: Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups

20F06: Cancellation theory of groups; application of van Kampen diagrams