A short proof that positive generation implies the Hanna Neumann Conjecture

2007/02/13 by Walter D Neumann, Neumann, Walter D
Mathematics · #20E05 #20E07 #FOS: Mathematics #Group Theory (math.GR) #math.GR #msc:20E05 #msc:20E07

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0702395

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arxiv created 2007/02/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We give a very short proof that a subgroup of a free group that is positively generated cannot be part of a counterexample to the Generalized Hanna Neumann Conjecture.

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