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Primitivity preserving endomorphisms of free groups

Group Theory 2011-05-03 v1

Abstract

An endomorphism of a free group is called primitivity preserving if it takes every primitive element to another primitive. In this paper we prove that every primitivity preserving endomorphism of a free group of a finite rank n > 2 is an automorphism.

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@article{arxiv.math/0103110,
  title  = {Primitivity preserving endomorphisms of free groups},
  author = {Donghi Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0103110},
  year   = {2011}
}

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29 pages

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