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Detecting free splittings in relatively hyperbolic groups

Group Theory 2009-03-19 v2

Abstract

We describe an algorithm which determines whether or not a group which is hyperbolic relative to abelian groups admits a nontrivial splitting over a finite group.

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@article{arxiv.math/0610967,
  title  = {Detecting free splittings in relatively hyperbolic groups},
  author = {Francois Dahmani and Daniel Groves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0610967},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

15 pages. Version 2 is 17 pages, edited in light of referee's comments. To appear in Transactions of the AMS