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The Schreier coset graph is connected and deterministic
Statement
Let be a free group on , let , and let be the labeled Schreier coset graph. Then:
- is connected.
- For every vertex and every , there is exactly one outgoing -edge from and exactly one incoming -edge into .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A free group , a subgroup , and its labeled Schreier coset graph.
A free group on a set is a group equipped with the universal property for maps out of (Free group on a set of generators).
Words, elementary cancellations, and reduced words on are defined as in Words in an alphabet with formal inverses, elementary cancellation, and reduced words.
The Schreier graph has vertices the right cosets and an -labeled edge for each (The labeled Schreier coset graph of a subgroup of a free group).
Proof
Let be the subgroup generated by the image of . The inclusion extends, by [L1], to a homomorphism , and the inclusion composed with agrees with the identity of on . Uniqueness in [L1] therefore forces , so . Thus every element of is represented by a word on .
Let be any vertex. Choose a word on that represents , and delete adjacent inverse pairs until the word is reduced. Reading the remaining letters from the base vertex follows the edges of [L3] forward for letters in and backward for letters in , and after the first letters one is at the coset . The final vertex is therefore , so the graph is connected.
For fixed and , [L3] gives exactly one outgoing -edge, namely . The same edge starts at and ends at , so it is also the unique incoming -edge into . This is the required determinism.
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Sources
- M. I. Kargapolov and Ju. I. Merzljakov, Fundamentals of the Theory of Groups (standard reference, not scraped)
- C. Löh, Geometric Group Theory: An Introduction (2015 course version) (standard reference, not scraped)