Gromov's theorem on groups of polynomial growth and elementary logic

DOI10.1016/0021-8693(84)90223-0MaRDI QIDQ801039zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. J. Wilkie, Lou van den Dries

Publication date 1984

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8693(84)90223-0

zbMATH Keywords

growth functionsnon-standard analysisgroups with polynomial growthGromov's theoremlocally compact metric spacesnilpotent subgroups of finite index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) General properties and structure of real Lie groups (22E15)

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