Vol. 72, No. 2, 1977

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On the retractability of some one-relator groups

Richard Dowell Byrd, Justin Thomas Lloyd and Roberto A. Mena

Vol. 72 (1977), No. 2, 351–359
Abstract

Recently the concept of a retractable group has been introduced. This class of groups contains the class of lattice-ordered groups as a proper subclass, and, in particular, contains the class of all torsion-free abelian groups. Retractable groups enjoy many of the properties of lattice-ordered groups; in fact, most results concerning lattice-ordered groups have immediate extensions to this wider class. In this note, we investigate the retractability of certain two-generator one-relator groups.

Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 20F05
Milestones
Received: 11 June 1976
Revised: 21 April 1977
Published: 1 October 1977
Authors
Richard Dowell Byrd
Justin Thomas Lloyd
Roberto A. Mena