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Quasi-isometrically embedded free sub-semigroups

Yves de Cornulier and Romain Tessera

Geometry & Topology 12 (2008) 461–473
Abstract

If G is either a connected Lie group, or a finitely generated solvable group with exponential growth, we show that G contains a quasi-isometrically embedded free sub-semigroup on 2 generators.

Keywords
Tits alternative, ping-pong Lemma, just non-virtually nilpotent groups
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 20F65
Secondary: 20F16, 20M05, 22E25, 20E05
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Publication
Received: 15 December 2006
Revised: 19 December 2007
Accepted: 4 December 2007
Published: 12 March 2008
Proposed: Martin Bridson
Seconded: Walter Neumann. Jean-Pierre Otal
Authors
Yves de Cornulier
IRMAR
Campus de Beaulieu
35042 Rennes Cedex
France
Romain Tessera
Department of Mathematics
Stevenson Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville TN 37240
USA