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On the “largeness” of one-relator groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

M. Edjvet
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Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW
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If G is a one-relator group on at least 3 generators, or is a one-relator group with torsion on at least 2 generators, then it follows from results in [1] and [6] that G has a subgroup of finite index which can be mapped homomorphically onto F2, the free group of rank 2. In the language of [2], G is equally as large as F2, written GF2.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1986

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