Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin

On the Cayley graph of a generic finitely presented group

G. N. Arzhantseva and P.-A. Cherix

Source: Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin Volume 11, Number 4 (2004), 589-601.

Abstract

We prove that in a certain statistical sense the Cayley graph of almost every finitely presented group with $m\ge 2$ generators contains a subdivision of the complete graph on $l\le 2m+1$ vertices. In particular, this Cayley graph is non planar. We also show that some group constructions preserve the planarity.

Primary Subjects: 05C25, 20F06, 20P05
Keywords: Cayley graph; small cancellation groups; generic properties of groups

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Permanent link to this document: http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bbms/1102689123
Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet): MR2115727
Zentralblatt MATH identifier: 02186494


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Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin

Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin