We review the definition and standard description of Thompson's Group F. We define the set of pipe diagrams and show that this set forms a group isomorphic to F. We use pipe diagrams to prove two theorems about giving a minimal representation for an arbitrary element of F.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BGMYU2/oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-1965 |
Date | 12 July 2007 |
Creators | Peterson, Aaron L. |
Publisher | BYU ScholarsArchive |
Source Sets | Brigham Young University |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Theses and Dissertations |
Rights | http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ |
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