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The bi-embeddability relation for finitely generated groups II

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We study the isomorphism and bi-embeddability relations on the spaces of Kazhdan groups and finitely generated simple groups.

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  1. Mathematics Department, Rutgers University, 110 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854-8019, USA

    Simon Thomas

  2. Department of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    Jay Williams

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The research of the first author was partially supported by NSF Grant DMS 1101597.

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Thomas, S., Williams, J. The bi-embeddability relation for finitely generated groups II. Arch. Math. Logic 55, 385–396 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00153-015-0455-6

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