Diskbusting elements of the free group

DOI10.4310/MRL.1997.V4.N2.A3MaRDI QIDQ1364788zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Richard A. Stong

Publication date 13 September 1998

Published in Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

free groupsWhitehead algorithmfree generating setsfree factor groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10)

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• Hyperbolic surface subgroups of one-ended doubles of free groups.
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