Minimal length normal forms for some soluble groups

DOI10.1016/0022-4049(95)00165-4MaRDI QIDQ5961637zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. R. J. Groves

Publication date 3 September 1997

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4049(95)00165-4

zbMATH Keywords

generating setsHNN-extensionsinfinite soluble groupsregular sets of length-minimal normal formssoluble Baumslag-Solitar groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Solvable groups, supersolvable groups (20F16)

Review text

It is proved that it is not possible to obtain a regular set of length-minimal normal forms for a class of infinite soluble groups equipped with natural generating sets. This class includes the soluble Baumslag-Solitar groups \(\langle t,a:t^{-1}at=a^p\rangle\) (\(p>1\)).

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