The Stability Conjecture for generic relator tuples in free groups

Fix k2k\ge 2 and m1m\ge 1, and let F=F(a1,,ak)F=F(a_1,\dots,a_k) be the free group of rank kk. For an mm-tuple σ\sigma of elements of FF, write R(σ)R(\sigma) for the corresponding set of relators. The Stability Conjecture. There exists an algorithmically recognizable generic class Y\mathcal{Y} of mm-tuples of elements of FF such that, whenever σ,τY\sigma,\tau\in\mathcal{Y} and αAut(F)\alpha\in\operatorname{Aut}(F) satisfy that R(σ)R(\sigma) and R(α(τ))R(\alpha(\tau)) have the same normal closure in FF, one has

R(σ)=R(α(τ)).R(\sigma)=R(\alpha(\tau)).

The conjecture would extend the paper's rigidity arguments from generic quotients of the modular group to generic quotients of free groups of arbitrary finite rank. The authors report that their computer experiments support it, but no proof or resolution is given here.

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Primary source

Ilya Kapovich and Paul Schupp, “Random quotients of the modular group are rigid and essentially incompressible”, arXiv:math/0604343 (2006).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2003–2006). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0305353.

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