Some remarks about fibonacci groups and semigroups

DOI10.1080/00927879708826100MaRDI QIDQ4384692zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 19 January 1999

Published in Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00927879708826100

Fibonacci groups Fibonacci semigroups presentations

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Free semigroups, generators and relations, word problems (20M05)

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Let \(r,n\in\mathbb{N}^*\) and \(k\in\mathbb{N}\). The Fibonacci group \(F(r,n)\) is the group defined by the presentation: \[ \langle a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n:a_ia_{i+1}\cdots a_{i+r-1}=a_{i+r},\;i=1,2,\dots,n\rangle\tag{1} \] and the Fibonacci semigroup \(S(r,n)\) is the semigroup defined by the same presentation (1). In this paper a generalization of these groups and semigroups, namely the group \(F(r,n,k)\) defined by the presentation: \[ \langle a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n:a_1a_{i+1}\cdots a_{i+r-1}=a_{i+k+r-1},\;i=1,2,\dots,n\rangle\tag{2} \] and the semigroup \(S(r,n,k)\) defined by the same presentation (2) is studied. These groups and semigroups have been introduced by R. M. Thomas, C. M. Campbell, E. F. Robertson, and N. Rušcuk. In this paper the case \(k=0\) is considered. Denote \(G(r,n)=F(r+1,n,0)\). It is proved that: 1) \(G(n,n)\) is infinite for all \(n\geq 2\). 2) If \((r,n)=d>1\) then \(G(r,n)\) is infinite. 3) If \((r,n)=1\) then \(G(r,n)\) is a cyclic group of order \(r\). 4) If \((r-1,n)=1\) then \(S(r,n,0)\) is a union of \(n\) copies of the cyclic group \(C_{r-1}\) of order \(r-1\) and \(C_{r-1}\) is a right ideal.

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