Miasnikov–Ventura–Weil algebraic-extension conjecture for free groups

Let FYF_Y be a free group on the set YY, and let HKFYH\leq K\leq F_Y be subgroups. For a basis XX of FYF_Y, write ΓX(H)ΓX(K)\Gamma_X(H)\to\Gamma_X(K) for the morphism between the associated core graphs. An extension HKH\leq K is algebraic if it is not contained in any proper free factor of KK.

Miasnikov–Ventura–Weil conjecture. If the morphism

ΓX(H)ΓX(K)\Gamma_X(H)\to\Gamma_X(K)

is surjective for every basis XX of FYF_Y, then KK is an algebraic extension of HH.

The converse is true, but the conjecture itself is refuted by a counterexample in the free group F2F_2 on two generators.

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Noam Kolodner, “On algebraic extensions and decomposition of homomorphisms in free groups”, arXiv:1907.00243 (2020).

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