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Paper   IPM / M / 456
School of Mathematics
  Title:   Powers of commutators as products of squares
  Author(s):  M. Akhavan-Malayeri
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Int. J. Math. Math. Sci.
  Vol.:  31
  Year:  2002
  Pages:   635-637
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
Let F be a free group and x,y be two distinct elements of a free generating set, then [x,y]n is not a product of two squares in F, and it is the product of three squares. We give a short combinatorial proof.

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