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Random Generation of Thompson's group $F$

Group Theory 2020-11-25 v1

Abstract

We prove that under two natural probabilistic models (studied by Cleary, Elder, Rechnitzer and Taback), the probability that a random pair of elements of Thompson's group FF generate the entire group is positive. We also prove that for any kk-generated subgroup HH of FF which contains a "natural" copy of FF, the probability of a random (k+2)(k+2)-generated subgroup of FF coinciding with HH is positive.

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@article{arxiv.2011.11862,
  title  = {Random Generation of Thompson's group $F$},
  author = {Gili Golan Polak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.11862},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

15 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1611.08264 by other authors

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