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Some groups all of whose proper verbal quotients are relatively free

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Graham Higman
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, 24–29 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB England
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Abstract

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A class of blocking pairs (A, B) for which B/AB is infinite cyclic is constructed and these are used to construct groups all of whose proper verbal quotients are relatively free.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1989

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