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The rank gradient from a combinatorial viewpoint

Group Theory 2011-02-16 v3

Abstract

This paper investigates the asymptotic behaviour of the minimal number of generators of finite index subgroups in residually finite groups. We analyze three natural classes of groups: amenable groups, groups possessing an infinite soluble normal subgroup and virtually free groups. As a tool for the amenable case we generalize Lackenby's trichotomy theorem on finitely presented groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701925,
  title  = {The rank gradient from a combinatorial viewpoint},
  author = {Miklos Abert and Andrei Jaikin-Zapirain and Nikolay Nikolov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701925},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

corrected some typos, to appear in Groups, Geometry and Dynamics