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Abstract

The Fibonacci groups are defined by the presentation where ,  and all subscripts are assumed to be reduced modulo . In this paper we give an alternative proof that for , ,  and  are all infinite by establishing a morphism (or group homomorphism) onto the dihedral group  for all .

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Group Fibonacci group Dihedral group (homo) Morphism.

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