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A proof of Higgins's conjecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Gábor Braun
Affiliation:
Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Reáltanoda u 13–15, H-1053
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Let be a group homomorphism between free products of groups such that GλΘ = Bλ for all λ ∈ Λ. Let HG be a subgroup such that HΘ = B. Then such that HλΘ = Bλ and where Fλ is free.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2004

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