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Extreme points of the set of all traces

Let $G$ be a finitely generated group with a bound on its complex unitary irreducible representations: That is assume all complex unitary irreducibles of $G$ have degrees at most $k$ for some integer $...
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Categorical interpretation of disjoint cycle notation for tracing permutations

For a natural number $n\in\mathbb{N}$, let $\underline{n}$ denote the finite set $$\underline{n}:=\{1,2,\ldots,n\}.$$ A permutation $\sigma\in Aut(\underline{n})$ can be uniquely written (up to order) ...
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Non-conjugate words with the same trace

Let n>=2, p a large prime, G = SL_n(Z/pZ). If n=2, there are words that, while not conjugate in the free group, do have identical trace in G. For example, tr(g h^2 g^2 h)= tr(g^2 h^2 g h) for all g, ...
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