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Connections for Women: Geometric Group Theory |
| August 23, 2007 to August 24, 2007 |
| Organized By: Ruth Charney, Indira Chatterji, and Karen Vogtmann |
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| Parent Programs: |
| Geometric Group Theory |
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Gromov's polynomial growth theorem Part I
Friday August 24, 2007
01:30PM - 02:20PM
Speakers:
Indira Chatterji
Abstract:
The objective of this mini-course is to outline the proof of a famous theorem of Gromov:
A finitely generated group has
polynomial growth if and only if it has a nilpotent subgroup of finite index.
We introduce the notions of quasi-isometry, asymptotic cone,
subgroup distortion etc., and present important results on nilpotent, solvable, linear groups.
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