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Infinite Coxeter groups are virtually indicarle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

D. Cooper
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, U.S.A.
D. D. Long
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, U.S.A.
A. W. Reid
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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We prove that any infinite Coxeter group has a finite index subgroup which surjects ℤ.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1998

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