Spherical diagrams and equations over groups

DOI10.1017/S0305004100062150zbMath0542.20013MaRDI QIDQ3329639

James Howie

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

generator; equations over groups; relator; spherical diagrams; independent system of equations; topology of 2-complexes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20E06: Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations

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