Howson groups which are not strongly Howson

DOI10.1080/00927872.2025.2569451MaRDI QIDQ6848453zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Dongxiao Zhao

Publication date 5 March 2026

Published in Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00927872.2025.2569451

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34) Geometric group theory (20F65)

Review text

This paper provides several examples for countable groups that are Howson but not strongly Howson. The examples in consideration are \(F_n\times \left(\bigoplus_{m=2}^\infty \mathbb Z/m\mathbb Z\right)\) for \(n\ge 2\) and \(F_n\times \mathbb Q/\mathbb Z\) for \(n\ge 2\). The paper also discusses the stability of the Howson property under taking subgroups and finite extensions as well as under extension of a Howson group by a locally finite group. It raises the question whether there exists a finitely generated (or finitely presented) group with the Howson property that is not strongly Howson.

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