Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 587 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 311 |
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London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 311.
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Contents |
1. Reductive groups as metric spaces H. Abels -- 2. Finiteness properties of groups acting on twin buildings P. Abramenko -- 3. Higher finiteness properties of S-arithmetic groups in the function field case I H. Behr -- 4. Controlled topology and group actions R. Bieri and R. Geoghegan -- 5. Finiteness properties of soluble S-arithmetic groups: a survey K.U. Bux -- 6. Topology in permutation groups P. Cameron -- 7. Euler characteristics of discrete groups I. Chiswell -- 8. Intersection of Magnus subgroups of one-relator groups D.J. Collins -- 9. A minimality property of certain branch groups R.I. Grigorchuk and J.S. Wilson -- 10. Lattices with non-integral character H. Helling -- 11. Some applications of probability in group theory A. Mann -- 12. Parity patterns in Hecke groups and Fermat primes T.W. Müller -- 13. Automorphisms of the binary tree: state-closed subgroups and dynamics of 1/2-endomorphisms V. Nekrashevych and S. Sidki -- 14. The mapping class group of the twice punctured torus J.R. Parker -- 15. Kac-Moody groups: split and relative theories. Lattices B. Remy -- 16. On the finite images of infinite groups D. Segal -- 17. Pseudo-finite generalized triangle groups E.B. Vinberg and R. Kaplinsky |
Summary |
Survey and research articles from the Bielefeld conference on topological, combinatorial and arithmetic aspects of groups |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Group theory.
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MATHEMATICS -- Group Theory.
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Group theory
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Gruppentheorie
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Genre/Form |
Bielefeld (1999)
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Kongress.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Müller, T. W. (Thomas Wolfgang), 1957-
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ISBN |
9781107362314 |
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1107362318 |
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9780511550706 |
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0511550707 |
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129940488X |
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9781299404885 |
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9781107367227 |
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1107367220 |
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9781107368231 |
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1107368235 |
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