Recognizing powers in nilpotent groups and nilpotent images of free groups

被引:3
作者
Baumslag, Gilbert [1 ]
机构
[1] CUNY City Coll, Dept Math & Comp Sci, New York, NY 10031 USA
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10.1017/S1446788700036843
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O1 [数学];
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0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
An element in a free group is a proper power if and only if it is a proper power in every nilpotent factor group. Moreover there is an algorithm to decide if an element in a finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent group is a proper power.
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页码:149 / 155
页数:7
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