LMS: 181 Geometric Group Theory v1: Volume 1 (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Series Number 181)

Graham A. Niblo

ISBN 10: 0521435293 / ISBN 13: 9780521435291

Published by Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LMS: 181 Geometric Group Theory v1: Volume 1 (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Series Number 181)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521435293
• ISBN 13: 9780521435291
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

These two volumes contain survey papers given at the 1991 international symposium on geometric group theory, and they represent some of the latest thinking in this area. Many of the world's leading figures in this field attended the conference, and their contributions cover a wide diversity of topics. Volume I contains reviews of such subjects as isoperimetric and isodiametric functions, geometric invariants of a groups, Brick's quasi-simple filtrations for groups and 3-manifolds, string rewriting, and algebraic proof of the torus theorem, the classification of groups acting freely on R-trees, and much more. Volume II consists solely of a ground breaking paper by M. Gromov on finitely generated groups.

Book Description

Included in papers given at the 1991 international symposium on geometric group theory, the articles in these two volumes represent the most current thought and include contributions from many of the world's leading figures in the field.