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Strict dead end elements in free soluble groups

Group Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a group generated by a finite set AA. An element gGg\in G is a strict dead end of depth kk (with respect to AA) if g>ga1>ga1a2>...>ga1a2...ak|g|>|ga_1|>|ga_1a_2|>...>|ga_1a_2... a_k| for any a1,a2,...,akA±1a_1,a_2, ..., a_k\in A^{\pm1} such that the word a1a2...aka_1a_2... a_k is freely irreducible. (Here g|g| is the distance from gg to the identity in the Cayley graph of GG.) We show that in finitely generated free soluble groups of degree d2d\ge2 there exist strict dead elements of depth k=k(d)k=k(d), which grows exponentially with respect to dd.

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@article{arxiv.math/0508422,
  title  = {Strict dead end elements in free soluble groups},
  author = {Victor Guba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0508422},
  year   = {2007}
}

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