A characterisation of virtually free groups.

DOI10.1007/s00013-007-2206-3zbMath1139.20029arXiv1111.0771OpenAlexW2080150508MaRDI QIDQ2474117

Robert H. Gilman, Sarah Rees, Derek F. Holt, Susan M. Hermiller

Publication date: 5 March 2008

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.0771

zbMATH Keywords

finitely generated groupsword problemvirtually free groupsword-hyperbolic groupsDehn algorithmfree subgroups of finite indexlocally geodesic words

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67)

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