The Group Ring Of a Class Of Infinite Nilpotent Groups

1955 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 169-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Group Ring ◽  
Characteristic Zero ◽  
Discrete Group ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Zero Element ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Torsion Free ◽  
The Ideal

Introduction. In this paper we study the (discrete) group ring Γ of a finitely generated torsion free nilpotent group over a field of characteristic zero. We show that if Δ is the ideal of Γ spanned by all elements of the form G − 1, where G ∈ , thenand the only element belonging to Δw for all w is the zero element (cf. (4.3) below).

On Group Rings

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Commutative Ring ◽  
Group Ring ◽  
Characteristic Zero ◽  
Sylow Subgroup ◽  
Jacobson Radical ◽  
Closed Field ◽  
Group Rings ◽  
Locally Finite ◽  
Image Position

Let R be a commutative ring with unity and let G be a group. The group ring RG is a free R-module having the elements of G as a basis, with multiplication induced byThe first theorem in this paper deals with idempotents in RG and improves a result of Connell. In the second section we consider the Jacobson radical of RG, and we prove a theorem about a class of algebras that includes RG when G is locally finite and R is an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. The last theorem shows that if R is a field and G is a finite nilpotent group, then RG determines RP for every Sylow subgroup P of G, regardless of the characteristic of R.

Generalized partition functions and subgroup growth of free products of nilpotent groups

Analysis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Müller ◽  
Jan-Christoph Schlage-Puchta
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Subgroup Growth ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group ◽  
Generalized Partition ◽  
Torsion Free

SummaryWe estimate the growth of homomorphism numbers of a torsion-free nilpotent group

Automorphism sequences of free nilpotent groups of class two

1976 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan L. Dyer ◽  
Edward Formanek
Keyword(s):  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Finite Rank ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Split Extension ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group ◽  
Image Position

In this paper we prove that the automorphism group A(N) of a free nilpotent group N of class 2 and finite rank n is complete, except when n is 1 or 3. Equivalently, the centre of A(N) is trivial and every automorphism of A(N) is inner, provided n ≠ 1 or 3. When n = 3, A(N) has an our automorphism of order 2, so A(A(N)) is a split extension of A(N) by . In this case, A(A(N)) is complete. These results provide some evidence supporting a conjecture of Gilbert Baumslag that the sequencebecomes periodic if N is a finitely generated nilpotent group.

The isomorphism problem for torsion free nilpotent groups of Hirsch length at most 5

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Eick ◽  
Ann-Kristin Engel
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Canonical Form ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Isomorphism Problem ◽  
Explicit Description ◽  
Isomorphism Type ◽  
Polynomial Equations ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractWe consider the isomorphism problem for the finitely generated torsion free nilpotent groups of Hirsch length at most five. We show how this problem translates to solving an explicitly given set of polynomial equations. Based on this, we introduce a canonical form for each isomorphism type of finitely generated torsion free nilpotent group of Hirsch length at most 5 and, using a variation of our methods, we give an explicit description of its automorphisms.

scholarly journals On the transcendence degree of group algebras of nilpotent groups

1984 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Lorenz
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Division Ring ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Transcendence Degree ◽  
Group Algebras ◽  
Division Algebras ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group ◽  
Noetherian Domain ◽  
Ring Of Fractions ◽  
Torsion Free

Let G be a finitely generated (f.g.) torsion-free nilpotent group. Then the group algebra k[G] of G over a field k is a Noetherian domain and hence has a classical division ring of fractions, denoted by k(G). Recently, the division algebras k(G) and, somewhat more generally, division algebras generated by f.g. nilpotent groups have been studied in [3] and [5]. These papers are concerned with the question to what extent the division algebra determines the group under consideration. Here we continue the study of the division algebras k(G) and investigate their Gelfand–Kirillov (GK–) transcendence degree.

scholarly journals Recognizing powers in nilpotent groups and nilpotent images of free groups

2007 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Gilbert Baumslag
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Free Group ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Factor Group ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group ◽  
Proper Power ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractAn element in a free group is a proper power if and only if it is a proper power in every nilpotent factor group. Moreover there is an algorithm to decide if an element in a finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent group is a proper power.

scholarly journals Symbolic Collection using Deep Thought

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 9-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Leedham-Green ◽  
Leonard H. Soicher
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group ◽  
Deep Thought ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractWe describe the “Deep Thought” algorithm, which can, among other things, take a commutator presentation for a finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent group G, and produce explicit polynomials for the multiplication of elements of G. These polynomials were first shown to exist by Philip Hall, and allow for “symbolic collection” in finitely generated nilpotent groups. We discuss various practicalissues in calculations in such groups, including the construction of a hybrid collector, making use of both the polynomials and ordinary collection from the left.

scholarly journals Decomposability of finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent groups

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (08) ◽  
pp. 1529-1546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Baumslag ◽  
Charles F. Miller ◽  
Gretchen Ostheimer
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Direct Product ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group ◽  
Torsion Free

We describe an algorithm for deciding whether or not a given finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent group is decomposable as the direct product of nontrivial subgroups.

Genus of nilpotent groups of Hirsch length six

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Cassidy ◽  
Caroline Lajoie
Keyword(s):  
Finite Number ◽  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractIn this paper, we characterize the genus of an arbitrary torsion-free finitely generated nilpotent group of class two and of Hirsch length six by means of a finite number of arithmetical invariants. An algorithm which permits the enumeration of all possible genera that can occur under the conditions above is also given.

scholarly journals DISTORTION IN FREE NILPOTENT GROUPS

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (05) ◽  
pp. 661-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
TARA C. DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Group ◽  
Finite Index ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Nilpotent Group

We prove that a subgroup of a finitely generated free nilpotent group F is undistorted if and only if it is a retract of a subgroup of finite index in F.

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