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On groups with weak Sierpi\'nski subsets

Group Theory 2020-11-26 v2

Abstract

In a group GG, a weak Sierpi\'nski subset is a subset EE such that for some g,hGg,h\in G and abEa\neq b\in E, we have gE=E{a}gE=E\smallsetminus \{a\} and hE=E{b}hE=E\smallsetminus \{b\}. In this setting, we study the subgroup generated by gg and hh, and show that it has a special presentation, namely of the form Gk=g,h(h1g)kG_k=\langle g,h\mid (h^{-1}g)^k\rangle unless it is free over (g,h)(g,h). In addition, in such groups GkG_k, we characterize all weak Sierpi\'nski subsets.

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@article{arxiv.1903.07043,
  title  = {On groups with weak Sierpi\'nski subsets},
  author = {Agnieszka Bier and Yves de Cornulier and Piotr Słanina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.07043},
  year   = {2020}
}
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