Not residually finite groups of intermediate growth, commensurability and non-geometricity

Journal of Algebra

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 154-172

  Erschler, Anna ^a,b  

^a STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Commensurability up to finite kernels; Growth of groups; Quasi isometry; Residual finiteness; Word problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642479002     PISSN: 00218693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalgebra.2002.11.005     Document Type: Article

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