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Bounding the residual finiteness of free groups

Bounding the residual finiteness of free groups
Bounding the residual finiteness of free groups
We find a lower bound to the size of finite groups detecting a given word in the free group, more precisely we construct a word wn of length n in non-abelian free groups with the property that wn is the identity on all finite quotients of size ? n2/3 or less. This improves on a previous result of Bou- Rabee and McReynolds quantifying the lower bound of the residual finiteness of free groups.
Kassabov, Martin
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Matucci, Francesco
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Kassabov, Martin
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Matucci, Francesco
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Kassabov, Martin and Matucci, Francesco (2010) Bounding the residual finiteness of free groups. Pre-print. (In Press)

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We find a lower bound to the size of finite groups detecting a given word in the free group, more precisely we construct a word wn of length n in non-abelian free groups with the property that wn is the identity on all finite quotients of size ? n2/3 or less. This improves on a previous result of Bou- Rabee and McReynolds quantifying the lower bound of the residual finiteness of free groups.

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Accepted/In Press date: December 2010

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Local EPrints ID: 155211
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/155211
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Date deposited: 28 May 2010 09:23
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 01:37

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Author: Martin Kassabov
Author: Francesco Matucci

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