Word distance on the discrete Heisenberg group

Sébastien Blachère

Colloquium Mathematicae (2003)

  • Volume: 95, Issue: 1, page 21-36
  • ISSN: 0010-1354

Abstract

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We establish an exact formula for the word distance on the discrete Heisenberg group ℍ₃ with its standard set of generators. This formula is then used to prove the almost connectedness of the spheres for this distance.

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Sébastien Blachère. "Word distance on the discrete Heisenberg group." Colloquium Mathematicae 95.1 (2003): 21-36. <http://eudml.org/doc/285003>.

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