A Whitehead algorithm for surface groups

DOI10.1016/S0040-9383(99)00027-0zbMath0973.20024OpenAlexW2082663834WikidataQ127878358 ScholiaQ127878358MaRDI QIDQ1585063

Karen Vogtmann, Gilbert Levitt

Publication date: 24 June 2001

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-9383(99)00027-0

zbMATH Keywords

free productsautomorphismsWhitehead problemfundamental groups of closed surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34)

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