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arxiv: math/0311490 · v1 · submitted 2003-11-26 · 🧮 math.GR

An Automorphism of A Free Metabelian Group Without Fixed Points

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We construct an example of an IA-automorphism of the free metabelian group of rank $n\geq 3$ without nontrivial fixed points. That gives a negative answer to the question raised by Shpilrain. By a result of Bachmuth \cite{Ba1}, such an automorphism does not exist if the rank is equal to 2.

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