New examples of finitely presented groups with strong fixed point properties
Chatterji, Indira and Kassabov, Martin (2009) New examples of finitely presented groups with strong fixed point properties. Journal of Topology and Analysis, 1, (1), 1-12. (doi:10.1142/S1793525309000060)
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Description/Abstract
We give an explicit finite presentation of a group normally generated by SL∞(ℤ). As a consequence, such a group cannot act on e.g. a finite dimensional contractible manifold or on a compact manifold
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 1793-5253 (print) 1793-7167 (electronic) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | groups, actions, rings, K-theory, infinite special linear group |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Mathematics > Pure Mathematics |
| ePrint ID: | 155179 |
| Deposited On: | 28 May 2010 12:43 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2012 03:50 |
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