benyash@im.bas-net.by
Submission: 1999, Oct. 4
In the present paper we study the problem of the decomposition of some
finitely generated groups into non-trivial free products with
amalgamation. Theorem 1 says that a finitely generated group $\Gamma$ is a
non-trivial free product with amalgamation if the character variety of
irreducible representations of $\Gamma$ into $SL_2(C)$ has dimension more
than 1. Theorems 2 and 3 contain results about decomposing of generalized
triangle groups into non-trivial free products with amalgamation.One
consequence of these theorems is a proof of the conjecture of Fine, Levin,
and Rosenberger that any two-generator one-relator group with torsion is a
non-trivial free product with amalgamation. As another consequence we
obtain that Fuchsian groups $H_1=$ and $H_1=$, $n>1$, are non-trivial free products with amalgamation.
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 20E06
Keywords and Phrases: finitely generated group, free products with
amalgamation, representation variety, character variety
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