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Louder–Wilton conjecture on relative hyperbolicity at primitivity rank 2

Prove that for any one-relator group $G = F/{w}$ with primitivity rank $\pi(w)=2$, the group $G$ is hyperbolic relative to its unique $w$-subgroup $P \leqslant G$.

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Background

At primitivity rank two, one-relator groups have a distinguished two-generator ww-subgroup capturing non-free rank-two substructures. Relative hyperbolicity to this subgroup would extend hyperbolicity results beyond the 2-free cases.

References

Louder--Wilton conjectured that in fact $G$ should be hyperbolic relative to $P$ in Conjecture 1.9, this remains open.

The theory of one-relator groups: history and recent progress (2501.18306 - Linton et al., 30 Jan 2025) in Subsection 6.1 (Hyperbolic one-relator groups)