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Products of Commutators and Products of Squares in a Free Group

Leo P. Comerford, Charles C. Edmunds

math.GRarXiv:math/9310206

Abstract

A classification of the ways in which an element of a free group can be expressed as a product of commutators or as a product of squares is given. This is then applied to some particular classes of elements. Finally, a question about expressing a commutator as a product of squares is addressed.

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