Free amalgams of rank two
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Abstract:
For every $n > 1$ and $m > 1$ we construct an amalgamated free product $U{ \ast _W}V$ which is free of rank 2, while U is (free) of rank n , V is of rank m, and W is, necessarily, of rank $n + m - 2$.References
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- © Copyright 1995 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123 (1995), 1351-1356
- MSC: Primary 20E06; Secondary 20E05, 20F05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1283563-4
- MathSciNet review: 1283563