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Artifact ↗Howie's conjecture: every nonsingular system of equations over a group is solvable in an overgroup
Claims Theorem 1: for every group and every finite system whose exponent-sum matrix has rank over , the canonical map is injective, so the system has a simultaneous solution in an overgroup. This contains the Kervaire-Laudenbach conjecture (one equation, one unknown, nonzero exponent sum) and the Kervaire conjecture. It does NOT control the overgroup (no finiteness, solvability or other structure of the solution group), and says nothing about singular systems.
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Occurred: Oct 5, 2026
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Canonical aliases: Howie's conjecture: every nonsingular system of equations over a group is solvable in an overgroup · Howie's conjecture on nonsingular systems
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Claims Theorem 1: for every group and every finite system whose exponent-sum matrix has rank over , the canonical map is injective, so the system has a simultaneous solution in an overgroup. This contains the Kervaire-Laudenbach conjecture (one equation, one unknown, nonzero exponent sum) and the Kervaire conjecture. It does NOT control the overgroup (no finiteness, solvability or other structure of the solution group), and says nothing about singular systems. parent of this event
Lean (companion, one unimodular relator only): Kervaire solution module evidence for this event
Howie's conjecture: every nonsingular system of equations over a group is solvable in an overgroup parent of this event
Howie's conjecture: every nonsingular system of equations over a group is solvable in an overgroup evidence for this event
VibeMathed record: Howie's conjecture: every nonsingular system of equations over a group is solvable in an overgroup evidence for this event
Howie (1981), On pairs of 2-complexes and systems of equations over groups evidence for this event
Companion: The Kervaire theorem for groups evidence for this event
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