[GAP Forum] Problems with SetReducedMultiplication
Josef Lauri
josef.lauri at um.edu.mt
Wed Mar 4 14:29:21 GMT 2009
I am defining a not too complicated finitely presented group as follows:
f:=FreeGroup(3);
rels:=[f.1^5,f.2^3,f.3^31,
f.2*f.1*(f.1*f.2*f.3)^-1,
f.3*f.1*(f.1*f.3^2)^-1,
f.3*f.2*(f.2*f.3^25)^-1];
g:=f/rels;
I then want to express some products of the generators in reduced form.
But even if I try
SetReducedMultiplication(g.1^5);
g.1^5;
which I hoped would give me the identity, gap just sits there for hours
returning nothing. Same thing if I try
SetReducedMultiplication(g);
and then something like
g.2*g.1;
I'd be very grateful for some tips.
Josef Lauri
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