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Small cancellation theory over Burnside groups

Group Theory 2019-09-02 v3

Abstract

We develop a version of small cancellation theory in the variety of Burnside groups. More precisely, we show that there exists a critical exponent n0n_0 such that for every odd integer nn0n\geq n_0, the well-known classical C(1/6)C'(1/6)-small cancellation theory, as well as its graphical generalization and its version for free products, produce examples of infinite nn-periodic groups. Our result gives a powerful tool for producing (uncountable collections of) examples of nn-periodic groups with prescribed properties. It can be applied without any prior knowledge in the subject of nn-periodic groups. As applications, we show the undecidability of Markov properties in classes of nn-periodic groups, we produce nn-periodic groups whose Cayley graph contains an embedded expander graphs, and we give an nn-periodic version of the Rips construction. We also obtain simpler proofs of some known results like the existence of uncountably many finitely generated nn-periodic groups and the SQ-universality (in the class of nn-periodic groups) of free Burnside groups.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1705.09651,
  title  = {Small cancellation theory over Burnside groups},
  author = {Rémi Coulon and Dominik Gruber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09651},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

46 pages, 1 figure. Final version, to appear in Advances in Mathematics

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