Metrics and embeddings of generalizations of Thompson's group \(F\) (Q2701675)

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Metrics and embeddings of generalizations of Thompson's group \(F\)
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    19 February 2001
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    word lengths
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    quasi-isometries
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    quasi-isometric embeddings
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    Richard Thompson's group \(F\)
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    Metrics and embeddings of generalizations of Thompson's group \(F\) (English)
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    The authors estimate word length, up to quasi-isometry, in Richard Thompson's group \(F=F(2)\) and in all of the generalizations \(F(p)\) considered by \textit{K. Brown} [J. Pure Appl. Algebra 44, 45-75 (1987; Zbl 0613.20033)]. Their estimates allow them to show that every \(F(p)\) admits a quasi-isometric embedding in every \(F(q)\).
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