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Variations on a theme by Higman

Group Theory 2016-04-22 v2

Abstract

We propose elementary and explicit presentations of groups that have no amenable quotients and yet are SQ-universal. Examples include groups with a finite classifying space, no Kazhdan subgroups and no Haagerup quotients.

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@article{arxiv.1604.05454,
  title  = {Variations on a theme by Higman},
  author = {Nicolas Monod},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05454},
  year   = {2016}
}

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