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Twisted conjugacy classes of automorphisms of Baumslag-Solitar groups

Group Theory 2007-07-10 v5 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let ϕ:GG\phi:G \to G be a group endomorphism where GG is a finitely generated group of exponential growth, and denote by R(ϕ)R(\phi) the number of twisted ϕ\phi-conjugacy classes. Fel'shtyn and Hill \cite{fel-hill} conjectured that if ϕ\phi is injective, then R(ϕ)R(\phi) is infinite. This conjecture is true for automorphisms of non-elementary Gromov hyperbolic groups, see \cite{ll} and \cite {fel:1}. It was showed in \cite {gw:2} that the conjecture does not hold in general. Nevertheless in this paper, we show that the conjecture holds for the Baumslag-Solitar groups B(m,n)B(m,n), where either m|m| or n|n| is greater than 1 and mn|m|\ne |n|. We also show that in the cases where m=n>1|m|=|n|>1 or mn=1mn=-1 the conjecture is true for automorphisms. In addition, we derive few results about the coincidence Reidemeister number.

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@article{arxiv.math/0405590,
  title  = {Twisted conjugacy classes of automorphisms of Baumslag-Solitar groups},
  author = {Alexander Fel'shtyn and Daciberg L. Goncalves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0405590},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

20 pages, new sections 6 and 7 are added