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Lower central subgroups of a free group and its subgroup

Geometric Topology 2018-07-12 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

For a given free group FF of arbitrary rank (possibly infinite), and its subgroup GG, we address the question whether a lower central subgroup of GG can contain a lower central subgroup of FF. We show that the answer is no if GG does not normally generate FF. The question comes from a study of Hirzebruch-type invariants from iterated pp-covers for 3-dimensional homology cylinders.

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@article{arxiv.1807.04002,
  title  = {Lower central subgroups of a free group and its subgroup},
  author = {Minkyoung Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.04002},
  year   = {2018}
}