Infinite Groups: Geometric, Combinatorial and Dynamical Aspects (Progress in Mathematics, 248) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764374462 ISBN 13: 9783764374464

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2005

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764374462
• ISBN 13: 9783764374464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424
• Editor: Bartholdi Laurent, Ceccherini-Silberstein Tullio, Smirnova-Nagnibeda Tatiana, Zuk Andrzej