Jason Bell, Department of Pure Mathematics University of Waterloo
"Gromov’s Theorem: Part I”
Gromov’s theorem states that a finitely generated group of polynomially bounded growth has a nilpotent subgroup of finite index. I hope to give a complete proof of Gromov’s theorem over a few lectures. The first lecture is intended to be accessible to a beginning graduate student and will give the basic background needed along with an overview of the main steps of the proof.