Hyperbolicity conjecture for one-relator groups without Baumslag–Solitar subgroups
Hyperbolicity conjecture for one-relator groups without Baumslag–Solitar subgroups
Let be a one-relator group, where is a finitely generated free group and for some . Assume that contains no Baumslag–Solitar subgroups.
Hyperbolicity conjecture. Every such group 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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Primary source
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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