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An algorithm for stem products and one-relator groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

V. Metaftsis
V. Metaftsis
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean, Karlovassi, 83 200 Samos, Greece E-mail address: vmet@aegean.gr
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We give an algorithm which for a given set of generators can decide whether a stem product of infinite cyclic groups is a one-relator group. We also generalize this to the case of one-relator products of groups.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 37 - 42
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1999

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