scholarly journals On metabelian groups

1966 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. D. Gupta ◽  
M. F. Newman
Keyword(s):  
Identity Element ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Metabelian Groups ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Positive Integers ◽  
Verbal Subgroups

In this note we present some results on relationships between certain verbal subgroups of metabelian groups. To state these results explicitly we need some notation. As usual further [x, 0y] = x and [x, ky] = [x, (k—1)y, y] for all positive integers k. The s-th term γs(G) of the lower central series of a group G is the subgroup of G generated by [a1, … as] for all a1, … as, in G. A group G is metabelian if [[a11, a2], [a3, a4]] = e (the identity element) for all a1, a2, a3, a4, in G, and has exponent k if ak = e for all a in G.

scholarly journals On Central Series

1962 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. D. Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
The Other ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Image Position ◽  
A Finite Group ◽  
Positive Integers

Letandbe, respectively, the upper and lower central series of a group G. Our purpose in this note is to extend known results and find some information as to which of the factors Zk/Zk−1 and Γk/Γk+1 may be infinite. Though our conclusions about the lower central series will be quite general we assume in the other case that the group is f.n., i.e. an extension of a finite group by a nilpotent group. The essential facts about f.n. groups are to be found in P. Hall's paper (4). We also refer to (4) for general notation; we reserve the letter k for positive integers.

Augmentation quotients of some nonabelian finite groups

1979 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Losey ◽  
Nora Losey
Keyword(s):  
Group Structure ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Augmentation Ideal ◽  
Integral Group ◽  
Nilpotent Residual ◽  
Periodic Behaviour ◽  
Augmentation Quotient ◽  
Image Position ◽  
A Finite Group

1. LetGbe a group,ZGits integral group ring and Δ = ΔGthe augmentation idealZGBy anaugmentation quotientofGwe mean any one of theZG-moduleswheren, r≥ 1. In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in determining the abelian group structure of the augmentation quotientsQn(G) =Qn,1(G) and(see (1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15)). Passi(8) has shown that in order to determineQn(G) andPn(G) for finiteGit is sufficient to assume thatGis ap-group. Passi(8, 9) and Singer(13, 14) have obtained information on the structure of these quotients for certain classes of abelianp-groups. However little seems to be known of a quantitative nature for nonabelian groups. In (2) Bachmann and Grünenfelder have proved the following qualitative result: ifGis a finite group then there exist natural numbersn0and π such thatQn(G) ≅Qn+π(G) for alln≥n0; ifGωis the nilpotent residual ofGandG/Gωhas classcthen π divides l.c.m. {1, 2, …,c}. There do not appear to be any examples in the literature of this periodic behaviour forc> 1. One of goals here is to present such examples. These examples will be from the class of finitep-groups in which the lower central series is anNp-series.

Massey Products and Lower Central Series of Free Groups

1987 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Fenn ◽  
Denis Sjerve
Keyword(s):  
Free Group ◽  
Differential Calculus ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Massey Product ◽  
Massey Products ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Image Position

The purpose of this paper is to continue the investigation into the relationships amongst Massey products, lower central series of free groups and the free differential calculus (see [4], [9], [12]). In particular we set forth the notion of a universal Massey product ≪α1, …, αk≫, where the αi are one dimensional cohomology classes. This product is defined with zero indeterminacy, natural and multilinear in its variables.In order to state the results we need some notation. Throughout F will denote the free group on fixed generators x1, …, xn andwill denote the lower central series of F. If I = (i1, …, ik) is a sequence such that 1 ≦ i1, …, ik ≦ n then ∂1 is the iterated Fox derivative and , where is the augmentation. By convention we set ∂1 = identity if I is empty.

scholarly journals On certain semigroups arising from radicals of matrix rings

1985 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
A. D. Sands
Keyword(s):  
Associative Ring ◽  
Identity Element ◽  
Matrix Rings ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Positive Integers

By a ring we shall mean an associative ring not necessarily containing an identity element. The fundamental definitions and properties of radicals may be found in Divinsky [2]. Similarly we refer to Howie [3] for the semigroup concepts.If R is a ring Mn(R) will denote the ring of n × n matrices with entries from R. For many important radicals α it has been shown that α(Mn(R)) = Mn(α(R)) for all rings R and all positive integers n. However this is not the case for all radicals α. Associated with each radical α we define a set of positive integers S(α) by

Finite-by-nilpotent groups

1956 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Commutator Subgroup ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Image Position

1. Introduction. 1·1. Notation. Letandbe, respectively, the upper and lower central series of a group G. By definition, Zi+1/Zi is the centre of G/Zi and Γj+1 = [Γj, G] is the commutator subgroup of Γj with G. When necessary for clearness, we write ZiG) for Zi and Γj(G) for Γj.

Augmentation quotients of group rings and symmetric powers

1979 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sandling ◽  
Ken-Ichi Tahara
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Abelian Group ◽  
Additive Group ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Symmetric Power ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Group Rings ◽  
Augmentation Ideal ◽  
Symmetric Powers ◽  
Image Position

Let G be a group with the lower central seriesLetwhere Σ runs over all non-negative integers a1, a2,…, an such that and is the aith symmetric power of the abelian group Gi/Gi+1 whereLet I (G) be the augmentation ideal of G in , the group ring of G over . Define the additive group Qn (G) = In (G) / In+1 (G) for any n ≥ 1. Then it is well known that Q1(G) ≅ W1(G) for any group G. Losey (4,5) proved that Q2(G) ≅ W2(G) for any finitely generated group G. Furthermore recently Tahara(12) proved that Q3(G) is a certain precisely defined quotient of W3(G) for any finite group G.

scholarly journals 2-groups of almost maximal class

1975 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney James
Keyword(s):  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Maximal Class ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Image Position

Let G be a group of order 2n and x, y ∈ G. We define the Commutator [x, y] as x−1y−1xy. Similarly, if X, Y are subsets of G, then [X, Y] denotes the sub-group genrated by all commutators of the form [x, y] where x ∈ X, y ∈ Y. Using this, we may define the lower central series of G inductively by The following results are well known.

scholarly journals Generation of the lower central series

1982 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Guralnick
Keyword(s):  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Image Position

Let G be a group. The rth term LrG of the lower central series of G is the subgroup generated by the r-fold commutatorswhere , and for r > 1,

scholarly journals A sandwich in thin lie algebras

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sandro Mattarei
Keyword(s):  
Lie Algebra ◽  
Lie Algebras ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Zero Element ◽  
Homogeneous Component ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimension One ◽  
Positive Integers ◽  
Modular Lie Algebras

Abstract A thin Lie algebra is a Lie algebra $L$ , graded over the positive integers, with its first homogeneous component $L_1$ of dimension two and generating $L$ , and such that each non-zero ideal of $L$ lies between consecutive terms of its lower central series. All homogeneous components of a thin Lie algebra have dimension one or two, and the two-dimensional components are called diamonds. Suppose the second diamond of $L$ (that is, the next diamond past $L_1$ ) occurs in degree $k$ . We prove that if $k>5$ , then $[Lyy]=0$ for some non-zero element $y$ of $L_1$ . In characteristic different from two this means $y$ is a sandwich element of $L$ . We discuss the relevance of this fact in connection with an important theorem of Premet on sandwich elements in modular Lie algebras.

On Certain Properties of Subnormal Subgroups

1978 ◽  
Vol 30 (03) ◽  
pp. 573-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Composition Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Subnormal Subgroups

Main results. Let G be a group generated by two subnormal subgroups H and K. Denoting the class of nilpotent groups by 𝔑, and the limit of the lower central series by G𝔑, Wielandt showed in [14], for groups with a composition series that (*)

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