Solving a group equation of length nine

Abstract

The Levin conjecture was proposed by Levin in 1962 which conjectures the solvability of any group equation with coefficients in a torsion free group. The Levin conjecture is recently shown to hold for group equations of length seven by weight test and curvature distribution. These methods are applied on a group equation of length nine to explore the validity of Levin conjecture. It is found that the Levin conjecture has an affirmative answer for this equation modulo some exceptional cases.