Positive one-relator groups
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Abstract:
A group G which can be defined by a single relation in which there are no negative exponents is residually solvable. If G is also torsion-free then it is locally indicable and hence its integral group ring has no zero divisors.References
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- © Copyright 1971 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 156 (1971), 165-183
- MSC: Primary 20.10
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1971-0274562-8
- MathSciNet review: 0274562