The presentation conjecture for the subgroup H_k of G_{k+1}^k

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Let Gk+1kG_{k+1}^k be one of the groups under consideration, and let HkH_k be its subgroup generated by b1,…,bkb_1,\dots,b_k. For distinct indices i,j,m,l∈{1,…,k}i,j,m,l\in\{1,\dots,k\}, consider the relations b12=⋯=bk2=1b_1^2=\dots=b_k^2=1 and [(bibj)2,(bmbl)2]=1[(b_i b_j)^2,(b_m b_l)^2]=1. Presentation conjecture. For any group Gk+1kG_{k+1}^k, its subgroup HkH_k admits the presentation

Hk=⟨b1,…,bk∣b12=⋯=bk2=1, [(bibj)2,(bmbl)2]=1⟩,H_k=\langle b_1,\dots,b_k\mid b_1^2=\dots=b_k^2=1,\ [(b_i b_j)^2,(b_m b_l)^2]=1\rangle,

where {i,j,m,l}\{i,j,m,l\} ranges over all possible sets of distinct numbers from {1,…,k}\{1,\dots,k\}. This would provide a uniform presentation useful for studying the word problem in the groups Gk+1kG_{k+1}^k, which is known in the cases treated earlier in the paper but is not established here for arbitrary kk.

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Denis Fedoseev, Andrey Karpov and Vassily Manturov, “Word and Conjugacy Problems in Groups G_k+1^k”, arXiv:1906.04916 (2019).

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