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On non-Archimedean lengths in groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2010
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A length function, for a group, associates to an element x a real number |x| subject to certain axioms, including a cancellation axiom which embodies certain cancellation properties for elements of a free group. Integer valued length functions were introduced by Roger Lyndon [1] where, with a more restrictive set of axioms than ours, it is shown that a length function for a group is given by a restriction of the usual length function on some free product.
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