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On growth and torsion of groups

Group Theory 2016-06-28 v1

Abstract

We give a subexponential upper bound and a superpolynomial lower bound on the growth function of the Fabrykowski-Gupta group. As a consequence, we answer negatively a question by Longobardi, Maj and Rhemtulla about characterizing groups containing no free subsemigroups on two generators.

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@article{arxiv.0712.4005,
  title  = {On growth and torsion of groups},
  author = {Laurent Bartholdi and Floriane Pochon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.4005},
  year   = {2016}
}

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10 pages