Limits of Baumslag–Solitar groups

  • Luc Guyot

    Universität Göttingen, Germany
  • Yves Stalder

    Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière, France

Abstract

We give a parametrization by m-adic integers of the limits of Baumslag–Solitar groups (marked with a canonical set of generators). It is shown to be continuous and injective on the invertible m-adic integers. We show that all such limits are extensions of a free group by a lamplighter group and all but possibly one are not finitely presented. Finally, we give presentations related to natural actions on trees.

Cite this article

Luc Guyot, Yves Stalder, Limits of Baumslag–Solitar groups. Groups Geom. Dyn. 2 (2008), no. 3, pp. 353–381

DOI 10.4171/GGD/44