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The word problem for small cancellation quotients of groups acting on trees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

R. M. S. Mahmud
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Bahrain, P.O. Box 32038, Isa Town, State of Bahrain

Synopsis

The small cancellation theory over free products with amalgamation and HNN groups is extended to groups acting on trees in which the action with inversions is possible. This will include the case of tree products of groups and treed-HNN groups.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1992

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