The fundamental group of a locally finite graph with ends
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چکیده
We characterize the fundamental group of a locally finite graph G with ends combinatorially, as a group of infinite words. Our characterization gives rise to a canonical embedding of this group in the inverse limit of the free groups ⇡1(G 0) with G0 ✓ G finite.
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