Powers of commutators as products of squares (Q700911)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1814802
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1814802 |
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Powers of commutators as products of squares (English)
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15 October 2002
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Let \(F\) be a non-Abelian free group and \(x,y\) be two distinct elements of a free generating set. It is proved that \([x,y]^n\neq a^2b^2\), for any odd integer \(n>0\) and any two elements \(a,b\in F\), and there exist three elements \(v\), \(w\) and \(z\) in \(F\) such that \([x,y]^n=u^2v^2w^2\). However it is mentioned that there are commutators in \(F\) which can be expressed as a product of squares of two elements in \(F\).
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commutators in free groups
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products of squares of elements
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commutators as products of squares
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