The Fundamental Group of Locally Finite Graphs with Ends
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چکیده
We characterize the fundamental group of a locally finite graph G with ends, by embedding it canonically as a subgroup in the inverse limit of the free groups π1(G ′) with G′ ⊆ G finite. As an intermediate step, we characterize π1(|G|) combinatorially as a group of infinite words.
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