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Rank and abelian rank of systems of equations over the free group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

John Lawrence
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
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Abstract

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Given a finite irredundant system of equations to be solved over the free group, one has four non-negative integers: the number of equations, the number of indeterminants, the rank of the system and the Abelian rank of the system. We show which four-tuples can actually occur.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1998

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