English

Small cancellation theory and Burnside problem

Group Theory 2018-08-24 v2

Abstract

In these notes we detail the geometrical approach of small cancellation theory used by T. Delzant and M. Gromov to provide a new proof of the infiniteness of free Burnside groups and periodic quotients of torsion-free hyperbolic groups.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1302.6933,
  title  = {Small cancellation theory and Burnside problem},
  author = {Rémi Coulon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.6933},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

76 pages, 6 figures

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