OpenAI reports a nonresidually finite hyperbolic group
- Mathematics
There exists a torsion-free word-hyperbolic group that is not residually finite.
OpenAI reports a nonresidually finite hyperbolic group
- Mathematics
There exists a torsion-free word-hyperbolic group that is not residually finite.
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There exists a torsion-free word-hyperbolic group that is not residually finite.
Why it matters
If correct, gives a negative answer to the long-standing residual-finiteness question for hyperbolic groups.
What counts as progress
Are all word-hyperbolic groups residually finite?
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