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Abstract
We observe that the group of all lifts of elements of Thompson’s group TT to the real line is finitely presented and contains the additive group Q\mathbb {Q} of the rational numbers. This gives an explicit realization of the Higman embedding theorem for Q\mathbb {Q}, answering a Kourovka notebook question of Martin Bridson and Pierre de la Harpe.
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