Algebraic and definable closure in free groups
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DOI10.5802/AIF.3071zbMATH Open1423.20015arXiv1108.5641OpenAlexW2963319833MaRDI QIDQ506602FDOQ506602
Authors: Abderezak Ould Houcine, Daniele Vallino 
Publication date: 1 February 2017
Published in: Annales de l’institut Fourier (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We study algebraic closure and its relation with definable closure in free groups and more generally in torsion-free hyperbolic groups. Given a torsion-free hyperbolic group G and a nonabelian subgroup A of G, we describe G as a constructible group from the algebraic closure of A along cyclic subgroups. In particular, it follows that the algebraic closure of A is finitely generated, quasiconvex and hyperbolic. Suppose that G is free. Then the definable closure of A is a free factor of the algebraic closure of A and the rank of these groups is bounded by that of G. We prove that the algebraic closure of A coincides with the vertex group containing A in the generalized cyclic JSJ-decomposition of G relative to A. If the rank of G is bigger than 4, then G has a subgroup A such that the definable closure of A is a proper subgroup of the algebraic closure of A. This answers a question of Sela.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5641
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