Rank gradient and torsion groups.

DOI10.1112/BLMS/BDQ075MaRDI QIDQ3078333zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Denis Osin

Publication date 18 February 2011

Published in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1322

zbMATH Keywords

Betti numbersfinitely generated groupsnon-amenable groupspositive rank gradientsresidually finite torsion groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69) Means on groups, semigroups, etc.; amenable groups (43A07) Periodic groups; locally finite groups (20F50)

Abstract: We construct first examples of infinite finitely generated residually finite torsion groups with positive rank gradient. In particular, these groups are non-amenable. Some applications to problems about cost and $L^2$-Betti numbers are discussed.

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