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Between free and direct products of groups

Group Theory 2022-01-12 v1

Abstract

We investigate the group GHG \vee H obtained by gluing together two groups GG and HH at the neutral element. This construction curiously shares some properties with the free product but others with the direct product. Our results address among others Property (T), CAT(0) cubical complexes, local embeddability, amenable actions, and the algebraic structure of GHG \vee H.

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@article{arxiv.2201.03625,
  title  = {Between free and direct products of groups},
  author = {Maxime Gheysens and Nicolas Monod},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.03625},
  year   = {2022}
}