scholarly journals A criterion for metanilpotency of a finite group

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 713-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raimundo Bastos ◽  
Carmine Monetta ◽  
Pavel Shumyatsky
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
A Finite Group

AbstractWe prove that the kth term of the lower central series of a finite group G is nilpotent if and only if {|ab|=|a||b|} for any {\gamma_{k}}-commutators {a,b\in G} of coprime orders.

BOUNDING THE ORDER OF THE NILPOTENT RESIDUAL OF A FINITE GROUP

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-277
Author(s):  
AGENOR FREITAS DE ANDRADE ◽  
PAVEL SHUMYATSKY
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Positive Integer ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Nilpotent Residual ◽  
A Finite Group

The last term of the lower central series of a finite group $G$ is called the nilpotent residual. It is usually denoted by $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}_{\infty }(G)$. The lower Fitting series of $G$ is defined by $D_{0}(G)=G$ and $D_{i+1}(G)=\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}_{\infty }(D_{i}(G))$ for $i=0,1,2,\ldots \,$. These subgroups are generated by so-called coprime commutators $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}_{k}^{\ast }$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}_{k}^{\ast }$ in elements of $G$. More precisely, the set of coprime commutators $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}_{k}^{\ast }$ generates $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}_{\infty }(G)$ whenever $k\geq 2$ while the set $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}_{k}^{\ast }$ generates $D_{k}(G)$ for $k\geq 0$. The main result of this article is the following theorem: let $m$ be a positive integer and $G$ a finite group. Let $X\subset G$ be either the set of all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}_{k}^{\ast }$-commutators for some fixed $k\geq 2$ or the set of all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}_{k}^{\ast }$-commutators for some fixed $k\geq 1$. Suppose that the size of $a^{X}$ is at most $m$ for any $a\in G$. Then the order of $\langle X\rangle$ is $(k,m)$-bounded.

The Generation of the Lower Central Series

1965 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 405-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. X. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Commutator Subgroup ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
A Finite Group

Let G be a finite group with commutator subgroup G′. In an earlier paper (4) it was shown that each element of G′ is a product of n commutators, if 4n ≥ |G′|. The object of this paper is to improve this result in two directions:Theorem 1a. If (n + 2)!n! > 2|G′| — 2, then each element of G′ is a product of n commutators.Theorem 1b. If G is a p-group, with |G′| = pa, and if n(n + 1) > a, then each element of G′ is a product of n commutators.

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.

scholarly journals On the commuting probability for subgroups of a finite group

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Eloisa Detomi ◽  
Pavel Shumyatsky
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Normal Subgroup ◽  
Commutator Subgroup ◽  
Lower Central Series ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Fitting Subgroup ◽  
Typical Application ◽  
The Generalized Fitting Subgroup ◽  
A Finite Group ◽  
Commuting Probability

Let $K$ be a subgroup of a finite group $G$ . The probability that an element of $G$ commutes with an element of $K$ is denoted by $Pr(K,G)$ . Assume that $Pr(K,G)\geq \epsilon$ for some fixed $\epsilon >0$ . We show that there is a normal subgroup $T\leq G$ and a subgroup $B\leq K$ such that the indices $[G:T]$ and $[K:B]$ and the order of the commutator subgroup $[T,B]$ are $\epsilon$ -bounded. This extends the well-known theorem, due to P. M. Neumann, that covers the case where $K=G$ . We deduce a number of corollaries of this result. A typical application is that if $K$ is the generalized Fitting subgroup $F^{*}(G)$ then $G$ has a class-2-nilpotent normal subgroup $R$ such that both the index $[G:R]$ and the order of the commutator subgroup $[R,R]$ are $\epsilon$ -bounded. In the same spirit we consider the cases where $K$ is a term of the lower central series of $G$ , or a Sylow subgroup, etc.

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.

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 Commuting elements, simplicial spaces and filtrations of classifying spaces

2011 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEJANDRO ADEM ◽  
FREDERICK R. COHEN ◽  
ENRIQUE TORRES GIESE
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Simple Groups ◽  
Central Series ◽  
Classifying Spaces ◽  
Classifying Space ◽  
Odd Order ◽  
A Finite Group ◽  
Counting Formula

AbstractLet G denote a topological group. In this paper the descending central series of free groups are used to construct simplicial spaces of homomorphisms with geometric realizations B(q, G) that provide a filtration of the classifying space BG. In particular this setting gives rise to a single space constructed out of all the spaces of ordered commuting n–tuples of elements in G. Basic properties of these constructions are discussed, including the homotopy type and cohomology when the group G is either a finite group or a compact connected Lie group. For a finite group the construction gives rise to a covering space with monodromy related to a delicate result in group theory equivalent to the odd-order theorem of Feit–Thompson. The techniques here also yield a counting formula for the cardinality of Hom(π, G) where π is any descending central series quotient of a finitely generated free group. Another application is the determination of the structure of the spaces B(2, G) obtained from commuting n-tuples in G for finite groups such that the centralizer of every non–central element is abelian (known as transitively commutative groups), which played a key role in work by Suzuki on the structure of finite simple groups.

ON HIGHER FROBENIUS–SCHUR INDICATORS

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
YANJUN LIU ◽  
WOLFGANG WILLEMS
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Representation Theory ◽  
Irreducible Characters ◽  
A Finite Group

Abstract Similarly to the Frobenius–Schur indicator of irreducible characters, we consider higher Frobenius–Schur indicators $\nu _{p^n}(\chi ) = |G|^{-1} \sum _{g \in G} \chi (g^{p^n})$ for primes p and $n \in \mathbb {N}$ , where G is a finite group and $\chi $ is a generalised character of G. These invariants give answers to interesting questions in representation theory. In particular, we give several characterisations of groups via higher Frobenius–Schur indicators.

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