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ISSN 1088-6834 (online) ISSN 0894-0347 (print)

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A new proof of Gromov’s theorem on groups of polynomial growth
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by Bruce Kleiner
J. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (2010), 815-829
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-09-00658-4
Published electronically: December 28, 2009

Abstract:

We give a new proof of Gromov’s theorem that any finitely generated group of polynomial growth has a finite index nilpotent subgroup. The proof does not rely on the Montgomery-Zippin-Yamabe structure theory of locally compact groups.
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Bibliographic Information
  • Bruce Kleiner
  • Affiliation: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 251 Mercer Street, New York, New York 10012-1185
  • Email: bkleiner@cims.nyu.edu
  • Received by editor(s): May 29, 2009
  • Published electronically: December 28, 2009
  • Additional Notes: The author was supported by NSF Grant DMS 0701515.
  • © Copyright 2009 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.
  • Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (2010), 815-829
  • MSC (2010): Primary 20F65, 20F69, 20F67, 20F18
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-09-00658-4
  • MathSciNet review: 2629989