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Spring 2010 Computing fixed closures in free groups
Enric Ventura
Illinois J. Math. 54(1): 175-186 (Spring 2010). DOI: 10.1215/ijm/1299679744

Abstract

Let $F$ be a finitely generated free group. We present an algorithm such that, given a subgroup $H\leq F$, decides whether $H$ is the fixed subgroup of some family of automorphisms, or family of endomorphisms of $F$ and, in the affirmative case, finds such a family. The algorithm combines both combinatorial and geometric methods.

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Enric Ventura. "Computing fixed closures in free groups." Illinois J. Math. 54 (1) 175 - 186, Spring 2010. https://doi.org/10.1215/ijm/1299679744

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Published: Spring 2010
First available in Project Euclid: 9 March 2011

zbMATH: 1226.20019
MathSciNet: MR2776991
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1215/ijm/1299679744

Subjects:
Primary: 20E05 , 20E36

Rights: Copyright © 2010 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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