The Equalizer Conjecture For The Free Group of Rank Two

DOI10.1093/QMATH/HAAB059zbMATH Open1497.20031arXiv2003.05270OpenAlexW4212964021WikidataQ113817896 ScholiaQ113817896MaRDI QIDQ5083132FDOQ5083132

Alan D. Logan

Publication date: 21 June 2022

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The equaliser of a set of homomorphisms $S:F(a,b)ightarrowF(Delta)$ has rank at most two if $S$ contains an injective map, and is not finitely generated otherwise. This proves a strong form of Stallings' Equaliser Conjecture for the free group of rank two. Results are also obtained for pairs of homomorphisms $g,h:F(Sigma)ightarrowF(Delta)$ when the images are inert in, or retracts of, $F(Delta)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.05270

zbMATH Keywords

free groupinert subgroupequalizerhomomorphisms of free groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05)

Cited In (4)

• Equalizers and coactions of groups.
• Explicit bounds for fixed subgroups of endomorphisms of free products
• A simple undecidable problem for free groups
• A composition formula in the rank two free group

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