The free group of rank 2 is a limit of Thompson's group F.

DOI10.4171/GGD/90zbMATH Open1248.20046arXiv0904.2626MaRDI QIDQ990728FDOQ990728

Matthew G. Brin

Publication date: 1 September 2010

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

Abstract: We show that the free group of rank 2 is a limit of 2-markings of Thompson's group F in the space of all 2-marked groups. More specifically, we find a sequence of generating pairs for F so that as one goes out the sequence, the length of the shortest relation satisfied by the generating pair goes to infinity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.2626

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zbMATH Keywords

free groupslimit groupsThompson group \(F\)generating pairsspace of marked groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

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• Groups of piecewise linear homeomorphisms of the real line
• Introductory notes on Richard Thompson's groups
• Finiteness properties of groups
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• Limit groups as limits of free groups.
• Free limits of Thompson's group \(F\).

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• Approximating nonabelian free groups by groups of homeomorphisms of the real line
• Free limits of Thompson's group \(F\).
• Limit groups as limits of free groups.
• Groups, orders, and laws.
• On some generating set of Thompson's group \(F\)
• The girth alternative for mapping class groups.
• Ordering the space of finitely generated groups
• Complexity among the finitely generated subgroups of Thompson's group

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