Algebra Learning Seminar

Monday, July 6, 2015 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Anthony McCormick, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

“The Grigorchuk Group”

A finitely generated group is said to have intermediate growth if it has both superpolynomial and subexponential growth. In 1983, Grigorchuk answered the question asked by John Milnor: do groups with intermediate growth exist? We will discuss his answer to this question.

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