Some properties of quadratic words in free groups
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Abstract:
In a free group, two quadratic words have the same set of endomorphic images if and only if they have the same set of automorphic images. This is not the case for arbitrary words.References
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- © Copyright 1975 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 50 (1975), 20-22
- MSC: Primary 20F10
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1975-0372048-2
- MathSciNet review: 0372048