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