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A VARIATION ON THE UNIQUE PRODUCT PROPERTY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2001

B. H. BOWDITCH
B. H. BOWDITCH
Affiliation:
Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ; [email protected]
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Abstract

A variation on the unique product property of groups is described which seems natural from a geometric point of view. It is stronger than the unique product property, and hence implies, for example, that the group rings have no zero divisors. Some of its closure properties are described. It is shown that most surface groups satisfy this condition, and various other examples are given. It is explained how these ideas can give a more geometric interpretation of Promislow's example of a non-unique-product group.

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Research Article
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Journal of the London Mathematical Society , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , December 2000 , pp. 813 - 826
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The London Mathematical Society 2000

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