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Between free and direct products of groups
Group Theory · Submitted 10 Jan 2022
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The authors' main claim This construction curiously shares some properties with the free product but others with the direct product.
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We investigate the group $G \vee H$ obtained by gluing together two groups $G$ and $H$ at the neutral element. This construction curiously shares some properties with the free product but others with the direct product. Our results address among others Property (T), CAT(0) cubical complexes, local embeddability, amenable actions, and the algebraic structure of $G \vee H$.
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| s0 | We investigate the group $G \vee H$ obtained by gluing together two groups $G$ and $H$ at the neutral element. | contribution 0.91 | 0.70 | 0.04 | asserted 0.94 |
| s1 | This construction curiously shares some properties with the free product but others with the direct product. | background 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.09 | asserted 0.98 |
| s2 | Our results address among others Property (T), CAT(0) cubical complexes, local embeddability, amenable actions, and the algebraic structure of $G \vee H$. | contribution 0.85 | 0.90 | 0.17 | asserted 0.98 |
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We investigate the group $G \vee H$ obtained by gluing together two groups $G$ and $H$ at the neutral element. This construction curiously shares some properties with the free product but others with the direct product. Our results address among others Property (T), CAT(0) cubical complexes, local embeddability, amenable actions, and the algebraic structure of $G \vee H$.
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Recall from [ref] the definition of the $⋁$-product.
Lamplighter-like geometry of groups · Halos of groups · 0.98
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These groups are referred to as lampshuffler groups[The name “lampshuffler” seems to have first appeared in [ref] , and it is used there to refer to the group $FAlt(H)⋊H$, where $FAlt(H)$ is the group of finitary even permutations of $H$.
The Poisson boundary of lampshuffler groups · Introduction · 0.99
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The proof begins with an argument that we borrow from [ref] ; after that, we let $G$ and $H$ compete for the insufficient space in $G ∪H$.
Near actions · The extension usually does not split · 1.00
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