Abstract
We construct an embedding of a free Burnside group B(m,n) of odd exponent n > 248 and rank m >1 in a finitely presented group with some special properties. The main application of this embedding is an easy construction of finitely presented nonamenable groups without noncyclic free subgroups (which provides a new finitely presented counterexample to the von Neumann problem on amenable groups). As another application, we construct weakly finitely presented groups of odd exponent n ≫ 1 which are not locally finite.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 87-105 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Geometriae Dedicata |
Volume | 111 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2005 |
Keywords
- Amenable groups
- Finitely presented groups
- Free Burnside groups
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geometry and Topology