Proper decompositions of finitely presented groups

For a finitely presented group G, determining whether it admits a proper decomposition as an amalgamated free product or HNN-extension is often not straightforward. In a presentation 2-complex for G, there are special subsets called patterns and tracks. Bass-Serre theory and van Kampen's theore...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barker, Tom A. P.
Published: University of Southampton 2000
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510
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394051