Thesis
Spectral properties of finite groups
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This thesis concerns the diameter and spectral gap of finite groups. Our focus shall be on the asymptotic behaviour of these quantities for sequences of finite groups arising as quotients of a fixed infinite group.
In Chapter 3 we give new upper bounds for the diameters of finite groups which do not depend on a choice of generating set. Our method exploits the commutator structure of certain profinite groups, in a fashion analogous to the Solovay-Kitaev procedure from quantum comput...
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Funding
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Deposit date:
- 2016-02-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Bradford, H
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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