Baumslag-Solitar group
A Baumslag-Solitar group is a group with presentation
for some non-zero integers and .
These groups were studied by Baumslag and Solitar[1],who were interested in finding examplesof finitely generated non-Hopfian (http://planetmath.org/HopfianGroup) groups.In particular, the group
is non-Hopfian.
References
- 1 G. Baumslag, D. Solitar,Some two-generator one-relator non-Hopfian groups,Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 68 (1962) 199–201.(This paper is http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183524561available on-line from Project Euclid.)
- 2 D. J. Collins,http://eom.springer.de/b/b130070.htmBaumslag–Solitar group,in the Online Encyclopaedia of Mathematics.