No iterated identities satisfied by all finite groups

Alexei Belov, Anna Erschler

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Abstract

We show that there is no iterated identity satisfied by all finite groups. For w being a non-trivial word of length l, we show that there exists a finite group G of cardinality at most exp(lC) which does not satisfy the iterated identity w. We also prove a more general statement concerning iterations of an endomorphism of a free group. The proof uses the approach of Borisov and Sapir, who used dynamics of polynomial mappings for the proof of non-residual finiteness of some groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-197
Number of pages31
JournalIsrael Journal of Mathematics
Volume233
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2019

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Funding

The work of the authors is partially supported by the ERC grant GroIsRan. This work of the first-named author is also supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 17-11-01377.

FundersFunder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme725773
European Commission
Russian Science Foundation17-11-01377

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