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A short proof that positive generation implies the Hanna Neumann Conjecture · arXivDesk

math/0702395Feb 13, 20071 page

A short proof that positive generation implies the Hanna Neumann Conjecture

Walter D Neumann

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We give a very short proof that a subgroup of a free group that is positively generated cannot be part of a counterexample to the Generalized Hanna Neumann Conjecture.

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We give a very short proof that a subgroup of a free group that is positively generated cannot be part of a counterexample to the Generalized Hanna Neumann Conjecture.

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We give a very short proof that a subgroup of a free group that is positively generated cannot be part of a counterexample to the Generalized Hanna Neumann Conjecture.