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Non-cancellative power-free groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

R. G. Walker
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University of GlasgowGlasgow, W.2
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A. Geddes [1, Theorem 3.3] has shown that the partial algebraic system which he has called a power-free group need not be cancellative. In other words, there exist power-free groups containing at least one element a with the property that ab can equal ac when bc. In the present paper we propose to study the structure of such non-cancellative power-free groups, and we shall in fact obtain a complete solution to this problem.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1966

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