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A geometric proof that SL_2(Z[t,t^-1]) is not finitely presented

Group Theory 2009-04-08 v3

Abstract

We give a new proof of the theorem of Krstic-McCool from the title. Our proof has potential applications to the study of finiteness properties of other subgroups of SL_2 resulting from rings of functions on curves.

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@article{arxiv.math/0412101,
  title  = {A geometric proof that SL_2(Z[t,t^-1]) is not finitely presented},
  author = {Kai-Uwe Bux and Kevin Wortman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412101},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

This is the version published by Algebraic & Geometric Topology on 11 July 2006