When fields are replaced by free groups, the notion of Krull dimension from
the theory of commutative rings has a natural interpretation as the supremum
of lengths of chains of proper epimorphisms of limit groups beginning with a
free group of fixed rank. I will sketch parts of the proof that it is finite
and give examples of the techniques and some inherent difficulties.

Lecture #12583

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