arXiv:1005.0823 Abstract | arXiv Analytics

Published 2010-05-05Version 1

We prove that Higman's group does not embed into a metric ultraproduct of finite groups with a commutator-contractive invariant length function.

Comments: 9 pages, no figures

Categories: math.GR, math.OA

Subjects: 20F65

Keywords: higmans group, metric approximation, commutator-contractive invariant length function, finite groups

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