Almost all one-relator groups with at least three generators are residually finite

Mark V. Sapir; Iva Špakulová

Journal of the European Mathematical Society (2011)

  • Volume: 013, Issue: 2, page 331-343
  • ISSN: 1435-9855

Abstract

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We prove that with probability tending to 1, a one-relator group with at least three generators and the relator of length n is residually finite, is a virtually residually (finite p -)group for all sufficiently large p , and is coherent. The proof uses both combinatorial group theory and non-trivial results about Brownian motions.

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Sapir, Mark V., and Špakulová, Iva. "Almost all one-relator groups with at least three generators are residually finite." Journal of the European Mathematical Society 013.2 (2011): 331-343. <http://eudml.org/doc/277370>.

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author = {Sapir, Mark V., Špakulová, Iva},
journal = {Journal of the European Mathematical Society},
keywords = {one-relator group; residually finite; coherent; Brownian motion; random groups; ascending HNN extensions; finitely generated subgroups; one-relator groups; residually finite groups; random groups; ascending HNN extensions; finitely generated subgroups},
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title = {Almost all one-relator groups with at least three generators are residually finite},
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AU - Sapir, Mark V.
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TI - Almost all one-relator groups with at least three generators are residually finite
JO - Journal of the European Mathematical Society
PY - 2011
PB - European Mathematical Society Publishing House
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SP - 331
EP - 343
AB - We prove that with probability tending to 1, a one-relator group with at least three generators and the relator of length $n$ is residually finite, is a virtually residually (finite $p$-)group for all sufficiently large $p$, and is coherent. The proof uses both combinatorial group theory and non-trivial results about Brownian motions.
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KW - one-relator group; residually finite; coherent; Brownian motion; random groups; ascending HNN extensions; finitely generated subgroups; one-relator groups; residually finite groups; random groups; ascending HNN extensions; finitely generated subgroups
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