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A brief introduction to approximate groups

Group Theory 2020-03-30 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We give a brief introduction to the notion of an 'approximate group' and some of its numerous applications.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1904.10357,
  title  = {A brief introduction to approximate groups},
  author = {Matthew Tointon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.10357},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

9 pages. This is a translation into English of the author's French article `Raconte-moi... les groupes approximatifs', Gaz. Math. 160 (2019), 53-59. The original French version is available as V1 of this arXiv submission. The journal version of this translation is available at https://www.ems-ph.org/journals/newsletter/pdf/2020-03-115.pdf

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