Groups and Operator Algebras Seminar

Speaker: Karol Duda (University of Wrocław)

Title: Torsion subgroups of small cancellation groups

Abstract: We prove that torsion subgroups of groups defined by, C(6), C(4)-T(4) or C(3)-T(6) small cancellation presentations are finite.
This follows from more general results about locally elliptic action on small cancellation complexes.