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Finitary approximations of groups and their applications

Group Theory 2017-12-06 v2

Abstract

In these notes we will survey recent results on various finitary approximation properties of infinite groups. We will discuss various restrictions on groups that are approximated for example by finite solvable groups or finite-dimensional unitary groups with the Frobenius metric. Towards the end, we also briefly discuss various applications of those approximation properties to the understanding of the equational theory of a group.

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@article{arxiv.1712.01052,
  title  = {Finitary approximations of groups and their applications},
  author = {Andreas Thom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.01052},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

20 pages, no figures, submitted to Proceedings of the ICM 2018; v2 minor corrections