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Conjugator length in Thompson's groups

Group Theory 2022-11-28 v3

Abstract

We prove Thompson's group FF has quadratic conjugator length function. That is, for any two conjugate elements of FF of length nn or less, there exists an element of FF of length O(n2)O(n^2) that conjugates one to the other. Moreover, there exist conjugate pairs of elements of FF of length at most nn such that the shortest conjugator between them has length Ω(n2)\Omega(n^2). This latter statement holds for TT and VV as well.

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@article{arxiv.2101.10316,
  title  = {Conjugator length in Thompson's groups},
  author = {James Belk and Francesco Matucci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10316},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

17 pages, 13 figures. Fixed some minor typos

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