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Is there a bound $B$ such that every 2-generator subgroup $G = \langle a, b \rangle \le {\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$ whose generators do not satisfy a relation of length $\leq B$ is free? If it exists, ...

(a) Let $[n] = \{1,\dotsc,n\}$, and let $\pi:[n]\to [n]$ be a permutation. Define an $n$-by-$n$ matrix $A=A(\pi)$ as follows: $A_{i,j}=1$ if $j>i$ and $\pi(j)>\pi(i)$, $A_{i,j}=-1$ If $j<i$ ...

Denote the set of $n\times n$ permutation matrices by $\mathfrak{S}_n$. The ordinary transpose preserves this group. Given $P\in\mathfrak{S}_n$, construct the $n\times n$ matrix ${}^tP$ according to ...