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Archiv der Mathematik

, Volume 109, Issue 5, pp 407–412 | Cite as

Metric ultraproducts of classical groups

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Abstract

Simple non-discrete metric ultraproducts of classical groups are geodesic spaces with respect to a natural metric.

Keywords

Classical groups Metric ultraproducts 

Mathematics Subject Classification

20G15 11U07 54E50 
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  1. 1.Christ’s CollegeCambridgeUnited Kingdom

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