Hyperbolicity conjecture for one-relator groups without Baumslag–Solitar subgroups

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Let G=F/ ⁣r ⁣G=F/\left\langle\!\left\langle r\right\rangle\!\right\rangle be a one-relator group, where FF is a finitely generated free group and r=[u,v]r=[u,v] for some u,vFu,v\in F. Assume that GG contains no Baumslag–Solitar subgroups.

Hyperbolicity conjecture. Every such group GG is hyperbolic.

If true, this would imply that these groups are Hopfian and automatic, since hyperbolic groups have both properties. The source presents this as a conjecture motivating the preceding question; its status is not resolved here.

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Ke Wang and Qiang Zhang, “Commutator relators of one-relator groups do not force Hopficity, residual finiteness, or automaticity”, arXiv:2607.21493 (2026).

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