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Hauptverfasser: Gilman, Robert H., Myasnikov, Alexei G.
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Gilman, Robert H.
Myasnikov, Alexei G.
author_facet Gilman, Robert H.
Myasnikov, Alexei G.
contents For any group $G$ and integer $k\ge 2$ the Andrews-Curtis transformations act as a permutation group, termed the Andrews-Curtis group $AC_k(G)$, on the subset $N_k(G) \subset G^k$ of all $k$-tuples that generate $G$ as a normal subgroup (provided $N_k(G)$ is non-empty). The famous Andrews-Curtis Conjecture is that if $G$ is free of rank $k$, then $AC_k(G)$ acts transitively on $N_k(G)$. The set $N_k(G)$ may have a rather complex structure, so it is easier to study the full Andrews-Curtis group $FAC(G)$ generated by AC-transformations on a much simpler set $G^k$. Our goal here is to investigate the natural epimorphism $λ\colon FAC_k(G) \to AC_k(G)$. We show that if $G$ is non-elementary torsion-free hyperbolic, then $FAC_k(G)$ acts faithfully on every nontrivial orbit of $G^k$, hence $λ\colon FAC_k(G) \to AC_k(G)$ is an isomorphism.
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spellingShingle Andrews-Curtis groups
Gilman, Robert H.
Myasnikov, Alexei G.
Group Theory
For any group $G$ and integer $k\ge 2$ the Andrews-Curtis transformations act as a permutation group, termed the Andrews-Curtis group $AC_k(G)$, on the subset $N_k(G) \subset G^k$ of all $k$-tuples that generate $G$ as a normal subgroup (provided $N_k(G)$ is non-empty). The famous Andrews-Curtis Conjecture is that if $G$ is free of rank $k$, then $AC_k(G)$ acts transitively on $N_k(G)$. The set $N_k(G)$ may have a rather complex structure, so it is easier to study the full Andrews-Curtis group $FAC(G)$ generated by AC-transformations on a much simpler set $G^k$. Our goal here is to investigate the natural epimorphism $λ\colon FAC_k(G) \to AC_k(G)$. We show that if $G$ is non-elementary torsion-free hyperbolic, then $FAC_k(G)$ acts faithfully on every nontrivial orbit of $G^k$, hence $λ\colon FAC_k(G) \to AC_k(G)$ is an isomorphism.
title Andrews-Curtis groups
topic Group Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23031