Profinite Graphs and Groups

• Main Author: Ribes, Luis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics, 66
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Group theory.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Graph theory.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.; Graph Theory.; Group Theory and Generalizations.

This book offers a detailed introduction to graph theoretic methods in profinite groups and applications to abstract groups. It is the first to provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject. The author begins by carefully developing relevant notions in topology, profinite groups and homology, inc...