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Zhang's Question on Howson and Strongly Howson Groups

A group is Howson if the intersection of any two finitely generated subgroups is finitely generated, and strongly Howson if the rank of that intersection is bounded in terms of the two ranks. Zhang asked whether the two coincide for finitely generated groups. They do not.

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Occurred: May 29, 2026

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Assumptions: VibeMathed verification: unreviewed. Publication: preprint. AI contribution: ai-co-developed. Imported under CC BY 4.0.

Canonical aliases: Zhang's Question on Howson and Strongly Howson Groups · Howson groups

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Ke Wang
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Qiang Zhang
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