Finite generalized triangle groups

Howie, J.; Metaftsis, V.; Thomas, R. M.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1995-1303121-7

Finite generalized triangle groups
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Abstract:

We give an almost complete classification of those generalized triangle groups that are finite, building on previous results of Baumslag, Morgan and Shalen [1], Conder [4], Rosenberger [12] and Levin and Rosenberger [11]. There are precisely two groups for which we cannot decide whether or not they are finite.

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