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- From: greil@guug.de (Anton Greil)
- Subject: a question to HNN extensions
- Message-ID: <greil.724585585@guug.de>
- Keywords: HNN extension, combinatorial group theory
- Sender: news@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (News System)
- Organization: Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 09:46:25 GMT
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- I have a conceptual question concerning "HNN extensions".
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- In the book
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- B. Chandler / W. Magnus, "The History of Combinatorial Group Theory" (1982)
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- on page 111, the definition of the HNN extension is given. It is followed
- by the remark: "In particular, t (the "stable letter") is always of infinite
- order in H (the extended group)."
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- Is this remark really correct - and if, then why ?
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- Thank you!
- --Toni
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