Infinite Groups: Geometric, Combinatorial and Dynamical Aspects

Laurent Bartholdi

ISBN 10: 3764374462 / ISBN 13: 9783764374464

Editore: Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Dez 2005, 2005

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - 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 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. BaumslagA.V. BorovikT. DelzantW. DicksE. FormanekR. GrigorchukM. GromovP. de la HarpeA. LubotzkyW. LückA.G. MyasnikovC. PacheG. PisierA. ShalevS. SidkiE. Zelmanov 416 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Infinite Groups: Geometric, Combinatorial and Dynamical Aspects
• Editore: Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Dez 2005
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3764374462
• ISBN 13: 9783764374464
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 242 L x 160 A x 27 P (millimetri) 242 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 27 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 846 grammi

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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 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