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Finite-index subgroups of finitely presented groups are finitely presented

Statement

Every finite-index subgroup of a finitely presented group is finitely presented.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A finitely presented group G and a finite-index subgroup HG.

[L1]

A finite presentation has finite generating and relator sets (Relators and relations; finitely generated, finitely related, and finite presentations).

[L2]

Reidemeister-Schreier presents a subgroup H by finitely many rewritten Schreier generators and relators τ(trt1) (The Reidemeister-Schreier presentation theorem).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Choose a finite presentation G=XR and a finite right transversal T for H. By [L1], the sets X and R are finite, so the sets of pairs (t,x) with tT, xXX1 and (t,r) with tT, rR are finite.

L1givenchoose
2.1

By [L2], the subgroup H has a presentation whose generators are among the Schreier generators s(t,x) and whose relators are the rewritten words τ(trt1). Step 1.1 shows that both families are finite. Therefore H is finitely presented.

L2step 1.1

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