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The free group on n generators modulo n+u random relations as n goes to infinity

Group Theory 2019-11-28 v2 Probability

Abstract

We show that, as n goes to infinity, the free group on n generators, modulo n+u random relations, converges to a random group that we give explicitly. This random group is a non-abelian version of the random abelian groups that feature in the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics. For each n, these random groups belong to the few relator model in the Gromov model of random groups.

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@article{arxiv.1708.08509,
  title  = {The free group on n generators modulo n+u random relations as n goes to infinity},
  author = {Yuan Liu and Melanie Matchett Wood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.08509},
  year   = {2019}
}

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