Primitivity rank for random elements in free groups
Group Theory
2021-09-30 v3 Geometric Topology
Abstract
For a free group of finite rank and a nontrivial element the \emph{primitivity rank} is the smallest rank of a subgroup such that and that is not primitive in (if no such exists, one puts ). The set of all subgroups of of rank containing as a non-primitive element is denoted . These notions were introduced by Puder in \cite{Pu14}. We prove that there exists an exponentially generic subset such that for every we have and .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2109.09400,
title = {Primitivity rank for random elements in free groups},
author = {Ilya Kapovich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.09400},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Updated with a reference to a paper of Cashen and Hoffmann and a discussion of their results