Quasimorphisms and laws.

DOI10.2140/AGT.2010.10.215zbMATH Open1185.20031arXiv0909.4840OpenAlexW2139886957MaRDI QIDQ848137FDOQ848137

Authors: Danny Calegari 

Publication date: 23 February 2010

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Stable commutator length vanishes in any group that obeys a law.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4840

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zbMATH Keywords

quasimorphismsstable commutator lengthscommutator subgroupscllaws

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69) Homological methods in group theory (20J05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Commutator calculus (20F12) Quasivarieties and varieties of groups (20E10)

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• Subgroups of Surface Groups are Almost Geometric
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Cited In (7)

• On asymptotic properties of verbal subsets in a group.
• On quasi-homomorphisms and commutators in the special linear group over a Euclidean ring.
• Stable \(W\)-length.
• On rationality of verbal subsets in a group
• A survey of Milnor laws
• Scl in free products
• Verbal subgroups of hyperbolic groups have infinite width.

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