Hyperbolic groups and free constructions
Group Theory
2008-02-03 v1
Abstract
We investigate which free constructions (amalgamated products and HNN-extensions) over word hyperbolic groups produce groups that are again word hyperbolic. A complete answer is obtained for the case when the amalgamated subgroups are virtually cyclic. The results are applied, in particular, to show that a -completion of a torsion-free hyperbolic group has solvable word problem and conjugacy problem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/9605205,
title = {Hyperbolic groups and free constructions},
author = {Olga Kharlampovich and Alexey Myasnikov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9605205},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
LaTex file, 44 pages. To appear in Trans. Am. Math. Soc