Asymptotic density of test elements in free groups and surface groups

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNW175MaRDI QIDQ4612033zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ilir Snopce, Slobodan Tanushevski

Publication date 22 January 2019

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.02435

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Geometric group theory (20F65) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

Abstract: An element $g$ of a group $G$ is a test element if every endomorphism of $G$ that fixes $g$ is an automorphism. Let $G$ be a free group of finite rank, an orientable surface group of genus $ngeq2$, or a non-orientable surface group of genus $ngeq3$. Let $mathcalT$ be the set of test elements of $G$. We prove that $mathcalT$ is a net. From this result we derive that $mathcalT$ has positive asymptotic density in $G$. This answers a question of Kapovich, Rivin, Schupp, and Shpilrain. Furthermore, we prove that $mathcalT$ is dense in the profinite topology on $G$.

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