Algebra seminar

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Jason Bell, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Gromov's theorem VII: linear groups, continued"

We have seen that Gromov's theorem for linear groups reduces to three claims. We will quickly recall these claims and then work on proving the last claim, which shows that under very general conditions that a linear group must have subexponential growth.