On Maximal Subgroups of Thompson's Group F

Publication date 7 September 2022

Abstract: We study subgroups of Thompson's group

F

by means of an automaton associated with them. We prove that every maximal subgroup of

F

of infinite index is closed, that is, it coincides with the subgroup of

F

accepted by the automaton associated with it. It follows that every finitely generated maximal subgroup of

F

is undistorted in

F

. We also prove that every finitely generated subgroup of

F

is contained in a finitely generated maximal subgroup of

F

and construct an infinite family of non-isomorphic maximal subgroups of infinite index in

F

.

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