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Cyclically presented groups with length four positive relators

Group Theory 2016-12-22 v3

Abstract

For cyclically presented groups G=Gn(w)G = G_n(w) with positive length four relators w=x0xjxkxlw = x_0x_jx_kx_l in the free group with basis x0,x1,,xn1x_0, x_1, \ldots, x_{n-1}, we classify finiteness and, modulo two unresolved cases, we classify asphericity for the underlying presentations. We show that the fixed point subgroup of the shift xixi+1x_i \mapsto x_{i+1} is always finite and we relate finiteness of GG and asphericity to the dynamics of the shift action by the cyclic group of order nn on the nonidentity elements of GG.

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@article{arxiv.1611.05496,
  title  = {Cyclically presented groups with length four positive relators},
  author = {William A. Bogley and Forrest W. Parker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.05496},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

33pp, v3 fixes one typo from v2 (def of types I*, U* on page 4)

R2 v1 2026-06-22T16:55:03.378Z