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An alternative proof of a theorem of Iwasawa on free groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Lee Neuwirth
Affiliation:
Institute for Defense AnalysesPrinceton, N.J.

Extract

The following well-known theorem has been proved by Iwasawa(1) and can also be deduced without much difficulty from earlier work of Levi(2), Magnus and Witt.

Type
Research Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1961

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REFERENCES

(1)Iwasawa, K., Einige Sätze über freie Gruppen. Proc. Japan Acad. 19 (1943), 272–4.Google Scholar
(2)Levi, F. W., Über die Untergruppen der freien Gruppen. Math. Z. 37 (1933), 90–7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar