Pipe Diagrams for Thompson's Group F
We review the definition and standard description of Thompson's Group F. We define the set of pipe diagrams and show that this set forms a group isomorphic to F. We use pipe diagrams to prove two theorems about giving a minimal representation for an arbitrary element of F.
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2007
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/966 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1965&context=etd |