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FALSE: the Reidemeister-Schreier presentation needs no choice of transversal

Statement

The Reidemeister-Schreier presentation of a subgroup does not depend on the chosen transversal.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The false claim above.

[L1]

Reidemeister-Schreier uses a chosen Schreier system or transversal and rewrites words through its representatives (The Reidemeister-Schreier presentation theorem).

Refutation

technique · direct
1.1

Let G=F(a,b)=a,b , and let HG be the subgroup of words with even exponent sum in a. The two right cosets are H and Ha, so both {1,a} and {1,a1} are Schreier systems.

givenconstruct
2.1

With the Schreier system {1,a}, the nontrivial Schreier generators are b, a2, and aba1. With the Schreier system {1,a1}, the corresponding nontrivial Schreier generators are b, a2, and a1ba. These are different generator lists.

L1step 1.1algebra
3.1

The subgroup presented is the same subgroup H, but the rewritten generators depend on the chosen representatives. Therefore the Reidemeister-Schreier presentation does depend on the transversal.

step 2.1

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