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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This monograph is intended to be an introduction to part of Gromov's theory, giving basic definitions, some of the most important examples, various properties of hyperbolic groups, and an application to the construction of infinite torsion groups. The main theme is the relevance of geometric ideas to the understanding of finitely generated groups. In addition to chapters written by the editors, contributions by W. Ballmann, A. Haefliger, E. Salem, R. Strebel, and M. Troyanov are also included.
The book will be particularly useful to researchers in combinatorial group theory, Riemannian geometry, and theoretical physics, as well as post-graduate students interested in these fields.
Editors and Affiliations
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Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon Cedex 07, France
Etienne Ghys
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Section de Mathématiques, Université de Genève, Geneva 24, Switzerland
Pierre Harpe
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sur les Groupes Hyperboliques d’après Mikhael Gromov
Editors: Etienne Ghys, Pierre Harpe
Series Title: Progress in Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9167-8
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1990
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-3508-4Published: 01 January 1990
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-9167-8Published: 11 December 2013
Series ISSN: 0743-1643
Series E-ISSN: 2296-505X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 287
Topics: Group Theory and Generalizations, Algebraic Geometry, Algebra