Homogeneity and prime models in torsion-free hyperbolic groups

We show that any nonabelian free group $F$ of finite rank is homogeneous; that is for any tuples $\bar a$, $\bar b \in F^n$, having the same complete $n$-type, there exists an automorphism of $F$ which sends $\bar a$ to $\bar b$. We further study existential types and we show that for any tuples $\bar a, \bar b \in F^n$, if $\bar a$ and $\bar b$ have the same existential $n$-type, then either $\bar a$ has the same existential type as a power of a primitive element, or there exists an existentially closed subgroup $E(\bar a)$ (resp. $E(\bar b)$) of $F$ containing $\bar a$ (resp. $\bar b$) and an isomorphism $\sigma : E(\bar a) \to E(\bar b)$ with $\sigma(\bar a)=\bar b$. We will deal with non-free two-generated torsion-free hyperbolic groups and we show that they are $\exists$-homogeneous and prime. This gives, in particular, concrete examples of finitely generated groups which are prime and not QFA

Ampleness in the free group

We show that the theory of the free group -- and more generally the theory of any torsion-free hyperbolic group -- is $n$-ample for any $n\geq 1$. We give also an explicit description of the imaginary algebraic closure in free groups

The monomorphism problem in free groups

Let F be a free group of finite rank. We say that the monomorphism problem in F is decidable if there is an algorithm such that, for any two elements u and v in F, it determines whether there exists a monomorphism of F that sends u to v. In this paper we show that the monomorphism problem is decidable and we provide an effective algorithm that solves the proble