The automorphism groups of relatively free groups of infinite rank

V. A. Tolstykh

Sibirskij žurnal čistoj i prikladnoj matematiki, Tome 6 (2006) no. 1, pp. 77-101

Résumé

A survey article that presents some recent algebraic and model-theoretic results on the automorphism groups of relatively free groups of infinite rank. The topics include topological aspects, generating sets, descripition of automorpisms and expressive power of the first-order theories.

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