Equations solvable by radicals in a uniquely divisible group.

DOI10.1112/BLMS/BDS062zbMATH Open1273.20041arXiv1004.5239OpenAlexW2063283946MaRDI QIDQ4905947FDOQ4905947

Darren L. Rhea, Lionel Levine, Christopher J. Hillar

Publication date: 21 February 2013

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study equations in groups G with unique m-th roots for each positive integer m. A word equation in two letters is an expression of the form w(X,A) = B, where w is a finite word in the alphabet {X,A}. We think of A,B in G as fixed coefficients, and X in G as the unknown. Certain word equations, such as XAXAX=B, have solutions in terms of radicals, while others such as XXAX = B do not. We obtain the first known infinite families of word equations not solvable by radicals, and conjecture a complete classification. To a word w we associate a polynomial P_w in Z[x,y] in two commuting variables, which factors whenever w is a composition of smaller words. We prove that if P_w(x^2,y^2) has an absolutely irreducible factor in Z[x,y], then the equation w(X,A)=B is not solvable in terms of radicals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.5239

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zbMATH Keywords

word equationsirreducible factorsequations not solvable by radicalsuniquely divisible groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorics on words (68R15) Matrix equations and identities (15A24) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Algebraic geometry over groups; equations over groups (20F70) Equations in general fields (12E12)

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• Divisibility in certain automorphism groups

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