Equations in free groups are not finitely approximable

Authors
Coulbois, T Khelif, A
Citation
T. Coulbois et A. Khelif, Equations in free groups are not finitely approximable, P AM MATH S, 127(4), 1999, pp. 963-965
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00029939 → ACNP
Volume
127
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
963 - 965
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9939(199904)127:4<963:EIFGAN>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We give an equation in any free group F of rank greater than or equal to 2 that has a solution in any finite quotient of F, but has no solution in F.