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Simple groups with infinite verbal width and the same positive theory as free groups

Group Theory 2019-11-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper we show that there exists an uncountable family of finitely generated simple groups with the same positive theory as any non-abelian free group. In particular, these simple groups have infinite ww-verbal width for all non-trivial words ww.

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@article{arxiv.1911.02117,
  title  = {Simple groups with infinite verbal width and the same positive theory as free groups},
  author = {Montserrat Casals-Ruiz and Albert Garreta and Ilya Kazachkov and Javier de la Nuez González},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.02117},
  year   = {2019}
}
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