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Scales for co-compact embeddings of virtually free groups

Group Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let Γ\Gamma be a group which is virtually free of rank at least 2 and let Ftd(Γ)\mathcal{F}_{td}(\Gamma) be the family of totally disconnected, locally compact groups containing Γ\Gamma as a co-compact lattice. We prove that the values of the scale function with respect to groups in Ftd(Γ)\mathcal{F}_{td}(\Gamma) evaluated on the subset Γ\Gamma have only finitely many prime divisors. This can be thought of as a uniform property of the family Ftd(Γ)\mathcal{F}_{td}(\Gamma).

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@article{arxiv.math/0604151,
  title  = {Scales for co-compact embeddings of virtually free groups},
  author = {Udo Baumgartner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0604151},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

12 pages; key words: uniform lattice, virtually free group, totally disconnected group, scale function (Error in references corrected in version 2)

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