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On 2-Generator Subgroups of
Author(s):
Charles
Radin;
Lorenzo
Sadun
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.
351
(1999),
4469-4480.
MSC (1991):
Primary 51F25, 52C22
Posted:
June 10, 1999
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Abstract:
We classify all subgroups of that are generated by two elements, each a rotation of finite order, about axes separated by an angle that is a rational multiple of . In all cases we give a presentation of the subgroup. In most cases the subgroup is the free product, or the amalgamated free product, of cyclic groups or dihedral groups. The relations between the generators are all simple consequences of standard facts about rotations by and . Embedded in the subgroups are explicit free groups on 2 generators, as used in the Banach-Tarski paradox.
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Charles
Radin
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
Email:
radin@math.utexas.edu
Lorenzo
Sadun
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
Email:
sadun@math.utexas.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02397-1
PII:
S 0002-9947(99)02397-1
Received by editor(s):
October 13, 1997
Posted:
June 10, 1999
Additional Notes:
Research of the first author was supported in part by NSF Grant No. DMS-9531584.
Research of the second author was supported in part by NSF Grant No. DMS-9626698.
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1999,
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