On growth and torsion of groups

Abstract

We give a subexponential upper bound and a superpolynomial lower bound on the growth function of the Fabrykowski-Gupta group. As a consequence, we answer negatively a question by Longobardi, Maj and Rhemtulla about characterizing groups containing no free subsemigroups on two generators.

10 pages

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