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We prove for residually finite groups the following long standing conjecture: the number of twisted conjugacy classes of an automorphism of a finitely generated group is equal (if it is finite) to the number of finite dimensional…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-01 Alexander Fel'shtyn , Evgenij Troitsky

We say that $x,y\in \Gamma$ are in the same $\phi$-twisted conjugacy class and write $x\sim_\phi y$ if there exists an element $\gamma\in \Gamma$ such that $y=\gamma x\phi(\gamma^{-1})$. This is an equivalence relation on $\Gamma$ called…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Daciberg Gonçalves , Parameswaran Sankaran

We say that a group has property $R_{\infty}$ if any group automorphism has an infinite number of twisted conjugacy classes. Fel'shtyn and Goncalves prove that the solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups BS(1,m) have property $R_{\infty}$. We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-05-11 Jennifer Taback , Peter Wong

We prove that Chevalley group over the field $F$ of zero characteristic possess $R_{\infty}$ property, if $F$ has torsion group of automorphisms or $F$ is an algebraically closed field which has finite transcendence degree over…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-27 T. R. Nasybullov

A group $G$ is twisted conjugacy separable if for every automorphism $\varphi$, distinct $\varphi$-twisted conjugacy classes can be separated in a finite quotient. Likewise, $G$ is completely twisted conjugacy separable if for any group $H$…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Sam Tertooy

Reidemeister numbers of group automorphisms encode the number of twisted conjugacy classes of groups and might yield information about self-maps of spaces related to the given objects. Here we address a question posed by Gon\c{c}alves and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Paula Macedo Lins de Araujo , Yuri Santos Rego

Given a group $G$ and an endomorphism $\varphi$ of $G$, two elements $x, y \in G$ are said to be $\varphi$-conjugate if $x = gy \varphi(g)^{-1}$ for some $g \in G$. The number of equivalence classes for this relation is the Reidemeister…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Pieter Senden

In this paper we study twisted conjugacy classes and the $R_{\infty}$-property for classical linear groups. In particular, we prove that the general linear group ${\rm GL}_n(K)$ and the special linear group ${\rm SL}_n(K)$ possess…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-02-01 T. R. Nasybullov

Let $N$ be a finitely generated nilpotent group. Algorithm is constructed such, that for every automorphism $\phi \in Aut(N)$ defines the Reidemeister number $R(\phi).$ It is proved that any free nilpotent group of rank $r = 2$ or $r = 3$…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-19 V. Roman'kov

Let $F$ be a subfield of the algebraic closure of a finite field $\mathbb{F}_p$, $p \ne 2$, and let $R$ denote any ring such that $F[t] \subset R \subsetneq F(t)$. Let $G$ be a classical Chevalley group of adjoint type defined over $R$. We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Shripad M. Garge , Oorna Mitra

Among restricted wreath products $G\wr \mathbb Z^k $, where $G$ is a finite Abelian group, we find three large classes of groups admitting an automorphism $\varphi$ with finite Reidemeister number $R(\varphi)$ (number of $\varphi$-twisted…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Mikhail I. Fraiman , Evgenij V. Troitsky

We show that an accessible group with infinitely many ends has property $R_{\infty}$. That is, it has infinitely many twisted conjugacy classes for any twisting automorphism. We deduce that having property $R_{\infty}$ is undecidable…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Francesco Fournier-Facio , Harry Iveson , Armando Martino , Wagner Sgobbi , Peter Wong

We consider groups $G$ such that the set $[G,\varphi]=\{g^{-1}g^{\varphi}|g\in G\}$ is a subgroup for every automorphism $\varphi$ of $G$, and we prove that there exists such a group $G$ that is finite and nilpotent of class $n$ for every…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-15 Chiara Nicotera

Let $R(\phi)$ be the number of $\phi$-conjugacy (or Reidemeister) classes of an endomorphism $\phi$ of a group $G$. We prove for several classes of groups (including polycyclic) that the number $R(\phi)$ is equal to the number of fixed…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Alexander Fel'shtyn , Evgenij Troitsky

We describe the topological behavior of the conjugacy action of the mapping class group of an orientable infinite-type surface $\Sigma$ on itself. Our main results are: (1) All conjugacy classes of $MCG(\Sigma)$ are meager for every…

A group $G$ has the $R_{\infty}$--property if the number $R(\varphi)$ of twisted conjugacy classes is infinite for any automorphism $\varphi$ of $G$. For such a group $G$, the $R_{\infty}$--nilpotency index is the least integer $c$ such…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-09-11 K. Dekimpe , D. L. Gonçalves

In this short article, we prove that any automorphism of the R. Thompson's group $F$ has infinitely many twisted conjugacy classes. The result follows from the work of Matthew Brin, together with a standard facts on R. Thompson's group $F$,…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Collin Bleak , Alexander Fel'shtyn , Daciberg L. Gonçalves

Let $G$ be a finitely generated polyfree group. If $G$ has nonzero Euler characteristic then we show that $Aut(G)$ has a finite index subgroup in which every automorphism has infinite Reidemeister number. For certain $G$ of length 2, we…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Alexander Fel'shtyn , Daciberg Gonçalves , Peter Wong

Let $\phi:G \to G$ be a group endomorphism where $G$ is a finitely generated group of exponential growth, and denote by $R(\phi)$ the number of twisted $\phi$-conjugacy classes. Fel'shtyn and Hill \cite{fel-hill} conjectured that if $\phi$…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-07-10 Alexander Fel'shtyn , Daciberg L. Goncalves

How rich is the collection of groups with a given prominent property? In this work we approach this question for property~$R_\infty$, which says that every automorphism $\varphi$ of a given group has infinitely many orbits under the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Karel Dekimpe , Paula M. Lins de Araujo , Yuri Santos Rego