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A new proof of Gromov’s theorem on groups of polynomial growth
Kleiner, Bruce1
1 Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 251 Mercer Street, New York, New York 10012-1185
Journal of the American Mathematical Society, Tome 23 (2010) no. 3, pp. 815-829

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We give a new proof of Gromov’s theorem that any finitely generated group of polynomial growth has a finite index nilpotent subgroup. The proof does not rely on the Montgomery-Zippin-Yamabe structure theory of locally compact groups.
DOI : 10.1090/S0894-0347-09-00658-4

Kleiner, Bruce 1

1 Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 251 Mercer Street, New York, New York 10012-1185 
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Kleiner, Bruce. A new proof of Gromov’s theorem on groups of polynomial growth. Journal of the American Mathematical Society, Tome 23 (2010) no. 3, pp. 815-829. doi: 10.1090/S0894-0347-09-00658-4

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