Elementary equivalence conjecture for finite-group coset expansions of non-abelian free groups

Let QQ be a finite group, let F1F_{1} and F2F_{2} be non-abelian free groups, and for i=1,2i=1,2 let πi:FiQ\pi_i:F_i\twoheadrightarrow Q be epimorphisms. Let LQ\mathcal{L}^{Q} be the language of groups expanded by unary predicates {Pq}qQ\{P_q\}_{q\in Q}, where in (Fi,πi)(F_i,\pi_i) the predicate PqP_q is interpreted as πi1(q)\pi_i^{-1}(q). Elementary equivalence conjecture. The pairs (F1,π1)(F_{1},\pi_{1}) and (F2,π2)(F_{2},\pi_{2}) are elementarily equivalent as LQ\mathcal{L}^{Q}-structures. This conjecture proposes that all such finite-group coset expansions of non-abelian free groups have the same first-order theory, extending the elementary-equivalence phenomenon for non-abelian free groups and the model-theoretic setting underlying Sela's work. The supplied text gives no resolution, so its status remains open.

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Javier de la Nuez González, “On expansions of non-abelian free groups by cosets of a finite index subgroup”, arXiv:1707.03066 (2017).

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