Graphs of subgroups of free groups.

DOI10.2140/AGT.2009.9.327MaRDI QIDQ1007212zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Larsen Louder, D. B. McReynolds

Publication date 20 March 2009

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.3774

zbMATH Keywords

finitely generated subgroupsfoldingsfree groupsgraphs of graphsHanna Neumann conjectureintersections of subgroupsjoins of subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65)

Abstract: We construct an efficient model for graphs of finitely generated subgroups of free groups. Using this we give a very short proof of Dicks's reformulation of the strengthened Hanna Neumann Conjecture as the Amalgamated Graph Conjecture. In addition, we answer a question of Culler and Shalen on ranks of intersections in free groups. The latter has also been done independently by R. P. Kent IV.

Review text

In the present paper, the authors propose an alternative and effective model for studying the relationship between the join and intersection of finitely generated subgroups of a free group. This authors' model yields a quick proof of Dicks' equivalence theorem [\textit{W. Dicks}, Invent. Math. 117, No. 3, 373-389 (1994; Zbl 0809.05055)] as well as an answer to an unpublished question of \textit{M. Culler} and \textit{P. B. Shalen} [Four-free groups and hyperbolic geometry. arXiv:0806.1188].

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• 4-free groups and hyperbolic geometry
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• Topology of finite graphs

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• Equivalence of the strengthened Hanna Neumann conjecture and the amalgamated graph conjecture
• Regluing graphs of free groups
• Negative immersions for one-relator groups
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• On joins and intersections of subgroups in free groups
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• Realizable ranks of joins and intersections of subgroups in free groups
• The geometry of \(k\)-free hyperbolic 3-manifolds
• Hyperbolic one-relator groups

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