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

DOI10.4171/GGD/90zbMath1248.20046arXiv0904.2626MaRDI QIDQ990728

Matthew G. Brin

Publication date: 1 September 2010

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Related Items (6)

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

Cites Work

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

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