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Algebra Discrete Math., 2006 Issue 3, Pages 36–48 (Mi adm269)

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Twisted conjugacy classes of Automorphisms of Baumslag–Solitar groups

Alexander Fel'shtyna, Daciberg L. Gonçalvesb

a Instytut Matematyki, Uniwersytet Szczecinski, ul. Wielkopolska 15, 70–451 Szczecin, Poland and Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho, 83725–155, USA
b Dept. de Matemática – IME – USP, Caixa Postal 66.281 –CEP 05311–970, São Paulo –SP, Brasil

Abstract: Let $\phi:G\to G$ be a group endomorphism where $G$ is a finitely generated group of exponential growth, and denote by $R(\phi)$ the number of twisted $\phi$-conjugacy classes. Fel'shtyn and Hill [7] conjectured that if $\phi$ is injective, then $R(\phi)$ is infinite. This conjecture is true for automorphisms of non-elementary Gromov hyperbolic groups, see [17] and [6]. It was showed in [12] that the conjecture does not hold in general. Nevertheless in this paper, we show that the conjecture holds for injective homomorphisms for the family of the Baumslag–Solitar groups $B(m,n)$ where $m\ne n$ and either $m$ or $n$ is greater than 1, and for automorphisms for the case $m=n>1$. family of the Baumslag–Solitar groups $B(m,n)$ where $m\ne n$.

Keywords: Reidemeister number, twisted conjugacy classes, Baumslag–Solitar groups.

MSC: 20E45, 37C25, 55M20

Received: 30.01.2006
Revised: 24.11.2006

Language: English



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