# we-solve research prompt: Math-1836, Some Questions — Question 51

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/some-questions-question-51/).

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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 1200051; source catalogue code AMR-011-0051
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\section*{Some Questions — Question 51}\label{1200051}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 1200051 · AMR-011-0051 · Group Theory · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $F_r$ be the free group on variables $x_1,\ldots,x_r$, where $r\geq1$ is finite. A word $w\in F_r\setminus\{1\}$ is a law in a finite group $P$ if $w(g_1,\ldots,g_r)=1$ for every tuple $(g_1,\ldots,g_r)\in P^r$. Its length is the number of letters in its freely reduced form, counting a variable or its inverse as one letter.

For each integer $n\geq1$, define
\[
 L_2(n)=\min\{|w|:w\ne1\text{ is a law in every group }P
                                      \text{ with }|P|=2^n\}.
\]
The number of variables may vary in this minimization, but one word must work for all the groups of that order and every assignment in each group. Determine the asymptotic growth of $L_2(n)$ as $n\to\infty$, ideally with matching upper and lower bounds.

The power word $x^{2^n}$ shows that the minimum is finite. A law in all groups of order exactly $2^n$ is also a law in every smaller $2$-group: embed a group of order $2^m$ in its direct product with an elementary abelian group of order $2^{n-m}$. Thus replacing exactly by at most does not change the extremal function. This problem differs from finding the shortest law in one iterated wreath product, and word length is measured in the variables rather than in a chosen generating set of the tested group.
\subsection{Short English statement}
What is the shortest word that is an identity in every group of order two to the n?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 1200051 (AMR-011-0051), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Abert - Some questions (pdf) (2010), Question 51. Original source indexed by AMR-011-0051.
\url{https://www.renyi.hu/~abert/questions.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-011-0051

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-1200051
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)