TY - BOOK ID - 111594219 TI - Topological methods in group theory AU - Broaddus, N AU - Davis, M AU - Lafont, J-F AU - Ortiz, I J PY - 2018 SN - 1108530508 1108526209 1108534767 9781108534765 9781108526203 9781108437622 1108437621 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY DB - UniCat KW - Group theory UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:111594219 AB - This volume collects the proceedings of the conference 'Topological methods in group theory', held at Ohio State University in 2014 in honor of Ross Geoghegan's 70th birthday. It consists of eleven peer-reviewed papers on some of the most recent developments at the interface of topology and geometric group theory. The authors have given particular attention to clear exposition, making this volume especially useful for graduate students and for mathematicians in other areas interested in gaining a taste of this rich and active field. A wide cross-section of topics in geometric group theory and topology are represented, including left-orderable groups, groups defined by automata, connectivity properties and Σ-invariants of groups, amenability and non-amenability problems, and boundaries of certain groups. Also included are topics that are more geometric or topological in nature, such as the geometry of simplices, decomposition complexity of certain groups, and problems in shape theory. ER -