Measure preserving words are primitive

DOI10.1090/S0894-0347-2014-00796-7zbMath1402.20042arXiv1202.3269MaRDI QIDQ5497062

Doron Puder, Ori Parzanchevski

Publication date: 2 February 2015

Published in: Journal of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.3269

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Extensions, wreath products, and other compositions of groups (20E22) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Limits, profinite groups (20E18)

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