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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

ISSN 1088-6826 (online) ISSN 0002-9939 (print)

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Residual finiteness of surface groups
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by John Hempel PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1972), 323 Request permission

Abstract:

It is known [2] that free groups, and more generally fundamental groups of 2-manifolds [1], are residually finite. We give here an elementary proof of these facts.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1972 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1972), 323
  • MSC: Primary 55A05; Secondary 20J99
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0295352-2
  • MathSciNet review: 0295352