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Oct 24, 2015 at 15:07 comment added H A Helfgott No, I don't think so; conjugate $t^2$ by $a$, say.
Oct 24, 2015 at 13:03 comment added მამუკა ჯიბლაძე But is $2\mathbb Z/4\mathbb Z$ normal itself?
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Oct 24, 2015 at 10:56 comment added H A Helfgott Thanks! Well, neither $\{e\}$ nor a group containing $H_4$, then. (I suspect your normal closure does coincide with $2\math{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}
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Oct 23, 2015 at 20:46 comment added მამუკა ჯიბლაძე Sorry for confusion in comments, let me start over again. The kernel of the composite homomorphism $G\twoheadrightarrow\mathbb Z/4\mathbb Z\twoheadrightarrow\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z$ is the normal subgroup $2\mathbb Z/4\mathbb Z\ltimes H_4$ containing $t^2$, so it contains the normal closure of the latter. Whether it coincides with that normal closure I don't see, but in any case the normal closure of $t^2$ is neither $\{e\}$ nor $H_4$ nor $G$.
Oct 23, 2015 at 16:01 comment added H A Helfgott Yes, I mean a semi-direct product. I still don't see quite how that (very general) article helps. And yes, I exclude $k_1=k_2=k_3=0$, but the normal closure of that is all of $G$, simply because the Higman-like group with 3 instead of 4 in the definition is trivial.
Oct 23, 2015 at 9:21 comment added Mark Grant Are you using the notation $H\triangleright K$ to denote the semi-direct product of $H$ acting on $K$? If so, then the following paper of Usenko might be relevant: link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01058705
Oct 23, 2015 at 8:13 comment added მამუკა ჯიბლაძე Presumably you exclude $k_1=k_2=k_3=0$?
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