Nielsen methods in groups with a length function.

DOI10.7146/math.scand.a-11908zbMath0463.20023OpenAlexW2535885938MaRDI QIDQ3913581

A. Howard M. Hoare

Publication date: 1981

Published in: MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/166746

zbMATH Keywords

length functionsnormal form theoremNielsen methodscancellation in groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Cancellation theory of groups; application of van Kampen diagrams (20F06)

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