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This book is the completely refereed proceedings volume of the Special Year and International Conference on Geometric Group Theory in Canberra, Australia, 1996. Topics covered include algebraic and geometric automorphism groups, the geometric invariants of a group, automatic and hyperbolic groups, convergence groups, combinatorial approach to conformal structure, Artin groups and braid groups, and distortion of subgroups. The volume consists of 17 contributions including both research and research/expository papers, and should be an important resource for a wide variety of algebraists and geometers.
| The topology of polynomial varieties | p. 1 |
| Finiteness length and connectivity length for groups | p. 9 |
| Convergence groups and configuration spaces | p. 23 |
| Groups, semigroups and finite presentations | p. 55 |
| Conformal modulus: the graph paper invariant or the conformal shape of an algorithm | p. 71 |
| Injectivity of the positive monoid for some infinite type Artin groups | p. 103 |
| Injective maps between Artin groups | p. 119 |
| The intersection of flat subsets of a braid group | p. 139 |
| Reconstructing simple group actions | p. 147 |
| Intersection multiplicities and reflection subquotients of unitary reflection groups I | p. 181 |
| Some examples of hyperbolic groups | p. 195 |
| Embedding free amalgams of discrete groups in non-discrete topological groups | p. 203 |
| Indiscrete representations, laminations, and tilings | p. 225 |
| Automatic structures on central extensions | p. 261 |
| Distortion functions for subgroups | p. 281 |
| Amenable groups, isoperimetric profiles and random walks | p. 293 |
| Whitehead graphs on handlebodies | p. 317 |
| List of Contributors | p. 331 |
| List of Participants | p. 333 |
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ISBN: 9783110163667
ISBN-10: 3110163667
Series: [De Gruyter Proceedings in Mathematics]
Audience:
Professional
For Ages: 22+ years old
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 344
Published: 30th November 2010
Dimensions (cm): 24.282 x 17.526
x 2.362
Weight (kg): 0.689
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