An Archimedian property for groups with polynomial growth
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Abstract:
The notion of Archimedian group is introduced. It is shown that if $G$ is either a finitely generated, solvable group or a connected, locally compact group, then $G$ is Archimedian if it has polynomial growth. A partial converse is also proven.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1983 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 88 (1983), 550-554
- MSC: Primary 22D05; Secondary 20F16, 20M10
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1983-0699432-6
- MathSciNet review: 699432