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Eventually fixed points of endomorphisms of virtually free groups

Group Theory 2022-04-12 v1

Abstract

We consider the subgroup of points of finite orbit through the action of an endomorphism of a virtually free group, with particular emphasis on the subgroup of eventually fixed points, EvFix(φ\varphi): points whose orbit contains a fixed point. We provide an algorithm to compute the subgroup of fixed points of an endomorphism of a finitely generated virtually free group and prove that finite orbits have cardinality bounded by a computable constant, which allows us to solve several algorithmic problems: deciding if φ\varphi is a finite order element of End(GG), if φ\varphi is aperiodic, if EvFix(φ\varphi) is finitely generated and, in the free group case, whether EvFix(φ\varphi) is a normal subgroup of FnF_n or not. We also present a bound for the rank of EvFix(φ\varphi) in case it is finitely generated.

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@article{arxiv.2204.04543,
  title  = {Eventually fixed points of endomorphisms of virtually free groups},
  author = {André Carvalho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.04543},
  year   = {2022}
}

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15 pages, comments are welcome

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