On invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversions

An element of a group acting on a graph is called invertor if it transfers an edge of the graph to its inverse. In this paper, we show that if G is a group acting on a tree X with inversions such that G does not fix any element of X, then an element g of G is invertor if and only if g is not in any...

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Main Authors: R. M. S. Mahmood, M. I. Khanfar
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171200002969
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description An element of a group acting on a graph is called invertor if it transfers an edge of the graph to its inverse. In this paper, we show that if G is a group acting on a tree X with inversions such that G does not fix any element of X, then an element g of G is invertor if and only if g is not in any vertex stabilizer of G and g2 is in an edge stabilizer of G. Moreover, if H is a finitely generated subgroup of G, then H contains an invertor element or some conjugate of H contains a cyclically reduced element of length at least one on which H is not in any vertex stabilizer of G, or H is in a vertex stabilizer of G.
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spelling doaj-art-bf2c74865acb404ea99fe37fce144ddd2025-08-20T03:23:07ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04252000-01-0123958559510.1155/S0161171200002969On invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversionsR. M. S. Mahmood0M. I. Khanfar1Ajman University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Irbid, JordanAn element of a group acting on a graph is called invertor if it transfers an edge of the graph to its inverse. In this paper, we show that if G is a group acting on a tree X with inversions such that G does not fix any element of X, then an element g of G is invertor if and only if g is not in any vertex stabilizer of G and g2 is in an edge stabilizer of G. Moreover, if H is a finitely generated subgroup of G, then H contains an invertor element or some conjugate of H contains a cyclically reduced element of length at least one on which H is not in any vertex stabilizer of G, or H is in a vertex stabilizer of G.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171200002969Groups acting on treesinvertor elementsfinitely generated subgroups.
spellingShingle R. M. S. Mahmood
M. I. Khanfar
On invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversions
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Groups acting on trees
invertor elements
finitely generated subgroups.
title On invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversions
title_full On invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversions
title_fullStr On invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversions
title_full_unstemmed On invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversions
title_short On invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversions
title_sort on invertor elements and finitely generated subgroups of groups acting on trees with inversions
topic Groups acting on trees
invertor elements
finitely generated subgroups.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171200002969
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