Let p : M → B be a proper surjective map defined on an (n+ 2)-manifold such that each point-preimage is a copy of a hopfian n-manifold. Then we show that p is an approximate fibration over some dense open subset O of the mod 2 continuity set C′ and C′ \O is locally finite. As an application, we show that a hopfian n-manifold N is a codimension-2 fibrator if χ(N) 6= 0 or H1(N) ∼= Z2.

This paper investigates the preservation of hopficity and co-hopficity on passing to finite-index subsemigroups and extensions. It was already known that hopficity is not preserved on passing to finite Rees index subsemigroups, even in the finitely generated case. We give a stronger example to show that it is not preserved even in the finitely presented case. It was also known that hopficity is...

This article is a survey of modules whose endomorphism rings are Dedekind finite, Hopfian or co-Hopfian. We summarise the properties of such modules and present unified proofs of known results and generalisations to new structure theorems. MSC 2010. 16S50, 16D80.

We generalize some results of Paulin and Rips-Sela on endomorphisms of hyperbolic groups to relatively hyperbolic groups, and in particular prove the following. • If G is a non-elementary relatively hyperbolic group with slender parabolic subgroups, and either G is not co-Hopfian or Out(G) is infinite, then G splits over a slender group. • If H is a non-parabolic subgroup of a relatively hyperb...