English

Forking and JSJ decompositions in the free group II

Group Theory 2020-06-03 v2 Logic

Abstract

We give a complete characterization of the forking independence relation over any set of parameters in the free groups of finite rank, in terms of the JSJJSJ decompositions relative to those parameters.

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@article{arxiv.1801.07908,
  title  = {Forking and JSJ decompositions in the free group II},
  author = {Chloé Perin and Rizos Sklinos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.07908},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

23 pages. In the updated version, the (cumbersome) generalization of the main result given in Theorem 3.15 of the first version was removed, as well as its proof. This induced some substantial simplifications in the presentation. A number of examples and figures have also been added to help the reader