Quasi-isometrically embedded free sub-semigroups

Yves de Cornulier, Romain Tessera

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Abstract

If G is either a connected Lie group, or a finitely generated solvable group with exponential growth, we show that G contains a quasi isometrically embedded free subsemigroup on 2 generators.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)461-473
Number of pages13
JournalGeometry and Topology
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Just non-virtually nilpotent groups
  • Ping-pong Lemma
  • Tits alternative

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