On certain C-test words for free groups

DOI10.1006/JABR.2001.9001zbMATH Open1025.20011arXivmath/0103108OpenAlexW2087513492MaRDI QIDQ1348678FDOQ1348678

Donghi Lee

Publication date: 16 September 2003

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let F_m be a free group of a finite rank m > 1 and X_i, Y_j be elements in F_m. A non-empty word w(x_1,..., x_n) is called a C-test word in n letters for F_m if, whenever w(X_1,..., X_n)=w(Y_1,..., Y_n) not equal to 1, the two n-tuples (X_1,..., X_n) and (Y_1,..., Y_n) are conjugate in F_m. In this paper we construct, for each n > 1, a C-test word v_n(x_1,..., x_n) with the additional property that v_n(X_1,..., X_n)=1 if and only if the subgroup of F_m generated by X_1,..., X_n is cyclic. Making use of such words v_m(x_1,..., x_m) and v_{m+1}(x_1,..., x_{m+1}), we provide a positive solution to the following problem raised by Shpilrain: There exist two elements u_1, u_2 in F_m such that every endomorphism of F_m with non-cyclic image is completely determined by its values on u_1, u_2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0103108

zbMATH Keywords

endomorphismsfixed pointsfree groupstest elements\(C\)-test words

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Commutator calculus (20F12)

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