Infinite Groups: Geometric, Combinatorial and Dynamical Aspects

Laurent Bartholdi

ISBN 10: 3764374462 / ISBN 13: 9783764374464

Published by Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Basel Dez 2005, 2005

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Neuware -This book offers a panorama of recent advances in the theory of infinite groups. It contains survey papers contributed by leading specialists in group theory and other areas of mathematics. Topics include amenable groups, Kaehler groups, automorphism groups of rooted trees, rigidity, C\*-algebras, random walks on groups, pro-p groups, Burnside groups, parafree groups, and Fuchsian groups. The accent is put on strong connections between group theory and other areas of mathematics.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 428 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Infinite Groups: Geometric, Combinatorial and Dynamical Aspects
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Basel Dez 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764374462
• ISBN 13: 9783764374464
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 28D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 805 grams

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Synopsis

This book offers a panorama of recent advances in the theory of infinite groups. It contains survey papers contributed by leading specialists in group theory and other areas of mathematics. Topics include amenable groups, Kaehler groups, automorphism groups of rooted trees, rigidity, C*-algebras, random walks on groups, pro-p groups, Burnside groups, parafree groups, and Fuchsian groups. The accent is put on strong connections between group theory and other areas of mathematics.

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This book offers a panorama of recent advances in the theory of infinite groups. It contains survey papers contributed by leading specialists in group theory and other areas of mathematics. Topics addressed in the book include amenable groups, Kaehler groups, automorphism groups of rooted trees, rigidity, C*-algebras, random walks on groups, pro-p groups, Burnside groups, parafree groups, and Fuchsian groups. The accent is put on strong connections between group theory and other areas of mathematics, such as dynamical systems, geometry, operator algebras, probability theory, and others. This interdisciplinary approach makes the book interesting to a large mathematical audience.

Contributors:

G. Baumslag
A.V. Borovik
T. Delzant
W. Dicks
E. Formanek
R. Grigorchuk
M. Gromov
P. de la Harpe
A. Lubotzky
W. Lück
A.G. Myasnikov
C. Pache
G. Pisier
A. Shalev
S. Sidki
E. Zelmanov