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Totally Disconnected, Locally Compact Groups as Geometric Objects

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Geometric Group Theory

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This survey outlines a geometric approach to the structure theory of totally disconnected, locally compact groups. The content of my talk at Geneva is contained in Section 3.

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  1. School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Building V, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia

    Udo Baumgartner

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  1. Section de mathématiques, Université de Genève, 2-4, rue du Lièvre, Case postale 64, 1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

    Goulnara N. Arzhantseva

  2. Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada IV, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Escola Politècnica Superior de Castelldefels Avda, Del Canal Olímpic s/n, 08860, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain

    José Burillo

  3. Institut de Mathématiques B (IMB), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Laurent Bartholdi

  4. Department of Applied Mathematics III Escola Politècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Manresa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av.Bases de Manresa 61-73, 08242, Manresa / Barcelona, Spain

    Enric Ventura

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Baumgartner, U. (2007). Totally Disconnected, Locally Compact Groups as Geometric Objects. In: Arzhantseva, G.N., Burillo, J., Bartholdi, L., Ventura, E. (eds) Geometric Group Theory. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8412-8_1

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