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 language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 167-197 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Israel Journal of Mathematics |
| Volume | 233 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 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.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 725773 |
| European Commission | |
| Russian Science Foundation | 17-11-01377 |