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Let $F = \langle x_1, \dots, x_n \rangle$ be the free group on $n$ generators and $R = \mathbb Z$. The Fox derivatives $\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} \colon F \to R[F]$ are the unique derivations ...

(This question is originally from Math.SE, where it didn't receive any answers.) $\DeclareMathOperator{\Hom}{Hom} \DeclareMathOperator{\im}{im} \DeclareMathOperator{\id}{id} \DeclareMathOperator{\ext}{...

Just recently I've stumbled across Warren Dicks' book Groups, trees and projective modules (1980) and I was pretty stunned. I know nothing of group cohomology, but I gather the "tree" ...