Introduction to Sofic and Hyperlinear Groups and Connes' Embedding Conjecture

This monograph presents some cornerstone results in the study of sofic and hyperlinear groups and the closely related Connes' embedding conjecture. These notions, as well as the proofs of many results, are presented in the framework of model theory for metric structures. This point of view, rar...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Capraro, Valerio (Συγγραφέας), Lupini, Martino (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2015.
Σειρά:Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 2136
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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