Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4589118 Journal of Algebra 2006 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let F be a free group, and let H be a subgroup of F.The ‘Galois monoid’ EndH(F)EndH(F) consists of all endomorphisms of F which fix every element of H  ; the ‘Galois group’ AutH(F)AutH(F) consists of all automorphisms of F which fix every element of H  . The End(F)End(F)-closure and the Aut(F)Aut(F)-closure of H   are the fixed subgroups, Fix(EndH(F))Fix(EndH(F)) and Fix(AutH(F))Fix(AutH(F)), respectively.Martino and Ventura considered examples whereFix(AutH(F))≠Fix(EndH(F))=H.Fix(AutH(F))≠Fix(EndH(F))=H. We obtain, for two of their examples, explicit descriptions of EndH(F)EndH(F), AutH(F)AutH(F), and Fix(AutH(F))Fix(AutH(F)), and, hence, give much simpler verifications that Fix(AutH(F))≠Fix(EndH(F))Fix(AutH(F))≠Fix(EndH(F)), in these cases.

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