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Quotients and subgroups of Baumslag-Solitar groups

Group Theory 2019-06-07 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We determine all generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups (finitely generated groups acting on a tree with all stabilizers infinite cyclic) which are quotients of a given Baumslag-Solitar group BS(m,n), and (when BS(m,n) is not Hopfian) which of them also admit BS(m,n) as a quotient. We determine for which values of r,s one may embed BS(r,s) into a given BS(m,n), and we characterize finitely generated groups which embed into some BS(n,n).

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@article{arxiv.1308.5122,
  title  = {Quotients and subgroups of Baumslag-Solitar groups},
  author = {Gilbert Levitt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.5122},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Final version, to appear in Journal of Group Theory