English

Rewriting Systems and Embedding of monoids in groups

Group Theory 2011-02-01 v2

Abstract

In this paper, a connection between rewriting systems and embedding of monoids in groups is found. We show that if a group with a positive presentation has a complete rewriting system \Re that satisfies the condition that each rule in \Re with positive left-hand side has a positive right-hand side, then the monoid presented by the subset of positive rules from \Re embeds in the group. As an example, we give a simple proof that right angled Artin monoids embed in the corresponding right angled Artin groups. This is a special case of the well-known result of Paris \cite{paris} that Artin monoids embed in their groups.

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@article{arxiv.0804.1206,
  title  = {Rewriting Systems and Embedding of monoids in groups},
  author = {Fabienne Chouraqui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.1206},
  year   = {2011}
}
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