FOREST DIAGRAMS FOR ELEMENTS OF THOMPSON'S GROUP F

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Abstract: We introduce forest diagrams to represent elements of Thompson's group F. These diagrams relate to a certain action of F on the real line in the same way that tree diagrams relate to the standard action of F on the unit interval. Using forest diagrams, we give a conceptually simple length formula for elements of F with respect to the {x_0,x_1} generating set, and we discuss the construction of minimum-length words for positive elements. Finally, we use forest diagrams and the length formula to examine the structure of the Cayley graph of F.





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