DefinitionDefinition: Literature-sourcedProof: Not applicablejudge pass (gpt-5.6-terra)audited 2026-08-28

How statement and proof provenance work

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The transversal data used for HNN normal forms

Definition

Work in the associated-subgroup presentation

$G = ⟨ A, t ∣ t c t^{- 1} = ϕ (c) for c \in C_{-} ⟩$

from The edge-group presentation is equivalent to the associated-subgroup presentation. Choose right-coset transversals

$S_{-} \subseteq A for C_{-} \ A, S_{+} \subseteq A for C_{+} \ A,$

each containing the identity; equivalently, every $a \in A$ has unique decompositions

$a = c s (c \in C_{-}, s \in S_{-}), a = d r (d \in C_{+}, r \in S_{+}) .$

An HNN word

$a_{0} t^{ε_{1}} a_{1} \dots t^{ε_{n}} a_{n}$

is in transversal normal form relative to $(S_{-}, S_{+})$ when

$a_{i} \in S_{-} if ε_{i} = 1, a_{i} \in S_{+} if ε_{i} = - 1,$

for each $1 \leq i \leq n$ , and whenever $ε_{i} = - ε_{i + 1}$ the coefficient $a_{i}$ is not the identity. The initial coefficient $a_{0}$ is arbitrary in $A$ .

Depends on

Used by

FALSE: HNN normal form is canonical without choosing transversals False statement
Normal forms in an HNN extension are unique relative to chosen transversals Theorem

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Sources

Roger C. Lyndon and Paul E. Schupp, Combinatorial Group Theory (standard reference, not scraped)