Algebra seminar

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Jason Bell, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Gromov's theorem X: Kleiner's proof"

Let G be a finitely generated group of polynomially bounded growth.  We follow Kleiner's proof that G has an infinite homomorphic image with a faithful finite-dimensional representation.  This is the main step of the proof.