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JSJ Decompositions of Groups
 
Vincent Guirardel Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Gilbert Levitt Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
A publication of the Société Mathématique de France
JSJ Decompositions of Groups
Softcover ISBN:  978-2-85629-870-1
Product Code:  AST/395
List Price: $60.00
AMS Member Price: $48.00
Please note AMS points can not be used for this product
JSJ Decompositions of Groups
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JSJ Decompositions of Groups
Vincent Guirardel Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Gilbert Levitt Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
A publication of the Société Mathématique de France
Softcover ISBN:  978-2-85629-870-1
Product Code:  AST/395
List Price: $60.00
AMS Member Price: $48.00
Please note AMS points can not be used for this product
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    Astérisque
    Volume: 3952018; 165 pp
    MSC: Primary 20; 57

    JSJ decompositions of finitely generated groups are a fundamental tool in geometric group theory, encoding all splittings of a group over a given class of subgroups. The authors give a unified account of this theory with complete proofs and many examples. They introduce a simple and general definition of JSJ decompositions, the natural object being a deformation space of actions on trees, similar to outer space. In many cases of interest, this deformation space contains a canonical JSJ tree, which is invariant under automorphisms.

    A publication of the Société Mathématique de France, Marseilles (SMF), distributed by the AMS in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Orders from other countries should be sent to the SMF. Members of the SMF receive a 30% discount from list.

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    Graduate students and research mathematicians.

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Volume: 3952018; 165 pp
MSC: Primary 20; 57

JSJ decompositions of finitely generated groups are a fundamental tool in geometric group theory, encoding all splittings of a group over a given class of subgroups. The authors give a unified account of this theory with complete proofs and many examples. They introduce a simple and general definition of JSJ decompositions, the natural object being a deformation space of actions on trees, similar to outer space. In many cases of interest, this deformation space contains a canonical JSJ tree, which is invariant under automorphisms.

A publication of the Société Mathématique de France, Marseilles (SMF), distributed by the AMS in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Orders from other countries should be sent to the SMF. Members of the SMF receive a 30% discount from list.

Readership

Graduate students and research mathematicians.

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