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Normal Subgroup Growth of Linear Groups: the (G2; F4;E8)-Theorem

Group Theory 2011-08-05 v1

Abstract

Let G be a finitely generated group and M_n(G) the number of its normal subgroup subgroups of index at most n. For linear groups G we show that M_n(G) can grow polynomially in n only if the semisimple part of the Zariski closure of G has simple components only of type G2, F4 or E8 (and in this case indeed this can happened!)

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@article{arxiv.1108.1044,
  title  = {Normal Subgroup Growth of Linear Groups: the (G2; F4;E8)-Theorem},
  author = {Michael Larsen and Alexander Lubotzky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.1044},
  year   = {2011}
}

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