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Explicit left orders on free groups extending the lexicographic order on free monoids

2013/04/03 by Zoran Sunic, Sunic, Zoran
Mathematics · #06F15 #20E05 #37E10 #FOS: Mathematics #Group Theory (math.GR) #math.GR #msc:06F15 #msc:20E05 #msc:37E10

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1304.0837

4 figures

arxiv created 2013/04/03 · arxiv updated 2013/04/04

Abstract

For every finitely generated free group we construct an explicit left order extending the lexicographic order on the free monoid generated by the positive letters. The order is defined by a left, free action on the orbit of 0 of a free group of piecewise linear homeomorphisms of the line. The membership in the positive cone is decidable in linear time in the length of the input word. The positive cone forms a context-free language closed under word reversal.

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