Gromov's theorem on groups of polynomial growth and elementary logic

DOI10.1016/0021-8693(84)90223-0zbMath0552.20017OpenAlexW2088397367MaRDI QIDQ801039

A. J. Wilkie, L. P. D. van den Dries

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8693(84)90223-0

zbMATH Keywords

growth functions non-standard analysis groups with polynomial growth Gromov's theorem locally compact metric spaces nilpotent subgroups of finite index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) General properties and structure of real Lie groups (22E15)

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