Tame combing and almost convexity conditions.

DOI10.1007/s00209-010-0759-5zbMath1256.20040arXiv0909.0279MaRDI QIDQ658323

Jennifer Taback, Sean Cleary, Melanie Stein, Susan M. Hermiller

Publication date: 12 January 2012

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0279

zbMATH Keywords

presentations; quasi-isometry invariants; Cayley graphs; finitely presented groups; Baumslag-Solitar groups; Thompson group \(F\); almost convexity; combings of groups; tame combings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20F65: Geometric group theory

Related Items

Thompson's group \(F\) is 1-counter graph automatic., Autostackability of Thompson's group \(F\), Tame filling invariants for groups

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