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We suggest the usage of algebraic subsets instead of subgroups in public-key cryptography. In particular, we present the subset version of two protocols introduced by Shpilrain and Ushakov with some examples in ascending HNN-extensions of…

We investigate a multivariate growth series $\Gamma_L({\bf z}), {\bf z} \in \mathbb{C}^d$ associated with a regular language $L$ over an alphabet of cardinality $d.$ Our focus is on languages coming from subgroups of the free group and from…

The JSJ decomposition encodes the automorphisms and the virtually cyclic splittings of a hyperbolic group. For general finitely presented groups, the JSJ decomposition encodes only their splittings. In this sequence of papers we study the…

In this paper we consider the algebraic structures related to invariants of topological structures introduced respectively in [CEKL22] and [ADEM19]. Our main results is to show how all these structures are closely related to each other…

We investigate two Galois connection between the congruence lattice and the lattice of subgroups of the displacement group of left quasigroups. Such connections were already studied for racks and quandles. We introduce the class of left…

The first version of this paper gave another proof of the Kropholler Conjecture, which gives a relative version of Stallings Ends Theorem, following an earlier incorrect proof. It has been pointed out by Sam Shepherd that the the second…

We give experimental support for a conjecture of Louder and Wilton saying that words of imprimitivity rank greater than two yield hyperbolic one-relator groups.

We prove that Morse subsets of CAT(0) spaces are strongly contracting. This generalizes and simplifies a result of Sultan, who proved it for Morse quasi-geodesics. Our proof goes through the recurrence characterization of Morse subsets.

Recently, Leemans and Stokes constructed an infinite family of incidence geometries admitting trialities but no dualities from the groups PSL(2,q) (where $q=p^{3n}$ with $p$ a prime and $n>0$ a positive integer). Unfortunately these…

Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a class of finite groups closed under taking subgroups, quotients, and extensions with abelian kernel. The right-angled Artin pro-$\mathcal{C}$ group $G_\Gamma$ (pro-$\mathcal{C}$ RAAG for short) is the…

This paper is my 2014 Cornell Senior Thesis, written under the supervision of R. Keith Dennis. It contains results on homogeneous covers and generating sequences of finite groups.

A word $w$ in a free group is called {\em chiral} if there exists a group $G$ such that image of word map corresponding to word $w$ is not closed with respect to inverse. Similarly a group $G$ is said to be {\em chiral} if there exists a…

Ulam asked whether all Lie groups can be represented faithfully on a countable set. We establish a reduction of Ulam's problem to the case of simple Lie groups. In particular, we solve the problem for all solvable Lie groups and more…

Let $ H $ be a subgroup of a finite group $ G $. We say that $ H $ satisfies the partial $ \Pi $-property in $ G $ if there exists a chief series $ \varGamma_{G}: 1 =G_{0} < G_{1} < \cdot\cdot\cdot < G_{n}= G $ of $ G $ such that for every…

Let k be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic and G a simple algebraic group defined over k. Under the assumption that the characteristic is a good prime for G, we determine a maximal G-stable subvariety U' of the…

This paper gives an explicit isomorphic mapping from the 240 real $\mathbb{R}^{8}$ roots of the $E_8$ Gosset $4_{21}$ 8-polytope to two golden ratio scaled copies of the 120 root $H_4$ 600-cell quaternion 4-polytope using a traceless…

Let $p$ be a prime, $D$ a finite dimensional noncommutative division $\mathbb{Q}_p$-algebra, and $SL_1(D)$ the group of elements of $D$ of reduced norm $1$. When the center of $D$ is $\mathbb{Q}_p$, we prove that no open subgroup of…

We treat the problem of finding transitive subgroups G of S_n containing normal subgroups N_1 and N_2, with N_1 transitive and N_2 not transitive, such that G/N_1 is isomorphic G/N_2. We show that such G exist whenever n has a prime factor…

Let $G$ be a finite group of order divisible by a prime $p$ and let $P\in\Syl_p(G)$. We prove a recent conjecture by Hung stating that $|\Irr_{p'}(G)|\geq \frac{\exp(P/P')-1}{p-1}+2\sqrt{p-1}-1.$ Let $a\geq 2$ be an integer and suppose that…

Pontryagin duality provides a powerful tool for analyzing the structure and properties of locally compact abelian groups, in particular finite abelian groups. Now much can be done with non-abelian groups via the construction of character…