Hall's theorem for limit groups.

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Abstract: A celebrated theorem of Marshall Hall Jr. implies that finitely generated free groups are subgroup separable and that all of their finitely generated subgroups are retracts of finite-index subgroups. We use topological techniques inspired by the work of Stallings to prove that all limit groups share these two properties. This answers a question of Sela.


By M. Hall's well known theorem every finitely generated subgroup \(G\) of a finitely generated free group \(F\) is a free factor (retract) in a finite-index subgroup \(H\) of \(F\), and \(G\) is closed in the profinite topology of \(F\) (separable). These results are generalized to limit groups. By a theorem of Kharlampovich and Miasnikov limit groups are precisely the finitely generated subgroups of groups in the smallest class of groups containing all finitely generated free groups that is closed under extending centralizers. The author make extensive use of this characterization. A topological techniques inspired by the work of Stallings is also applied.




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