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http://dx.doi.org/10.4134/CKMS.c150196

ON THE RESIDUAL FINITENESS OF CERTAIN POLYGONAL PRODUCTS OF FREE GROUPS  

Kim, Goansu (Department of Mathematics Yeungnam University)
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Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society / v.31, no.3, 2016 , pp. 461-466 More about this Journal
Abstract
In general, polygonal products of free groups are not residually finite. Using the residual finiteness of polygonal products of nilpotent groups, we show that certain polygonal products of free groups are residually finite.
Keywords
polygonal products of groups; free groups; residually finite;
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