On Torsion-Free Groups of Finite Rank

1984 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1067-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Meier ◽  
Akbar Rhemtulla
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Class ◽  
Equivalence Relation ◽  
Finite Rank ◽  
Maximal Element ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Solvable Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Isolated Subgroup ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Torsion Free

This paper deals with two conditions which, when stated, appear similar, but when applied to finitely generated solvable groups have very different effect. We first establish the notation before stating these conditions and their implications. If H is a subgroup of a group G, let denote the setWe say G has the isolator property if is a subgroup for all H ≦ G. Groups possessing the isolator property were discussed in [2]. If we define the relation ∼ on the set of subgroups of a given group G by the rule H ∼ K if and only if , then ∼ is an equivalence relation and every equivalence class has a maximal element which may not be unique. If , we call H an isolated subgroup of G.

A Finite Index Property of Certain Solvable Groups

1984 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-489
Author(s):  
A. H. Rhemtulla ◽  
H. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Solvable Group ◽  
Finite Index ◽  
Finite Rank ◽  
Solvable Groups ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Solvable Group ◽  
Locally Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Locally Nilpotent ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractA group G is said to have the FINITE INDEX property (G is an FI-group) if, whenever H≤G, xp ∈ H for some x in G and p > 0, then |〈H, x〉: H| is finite. Following a brief discussion of some locally nilpotent groups with this property, it is shown that torsion-free solvable groups of finite rank which have the isolator property are FI-groups. It is deduced from this that a finitely generated torsion-free solvable group has an FI-subgroup of finite index if and only if it has finite rank.

scholarly journals Soluble groups isomorphic to their non-nilpotent subgroups

1999 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Smith ◽  
James Wiegold
Keyword(s):  
Finite Rank ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Soluble Groups ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractA group G belongs to the class W if G has non-nilpotent proper subgroups and is isomorphic to all of them. The main objects of study are the soluble groups in W that are not finitely generated. It is proved that there are no torsion-free groups of this sort, and a reasonable classification is given in the finite rank case.

On the Residual Finiteness of Polygonal Products of Nilpotent Groups

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goansu Kim ◽  
C. Y. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Vertex Group ◽  
Residual Finiteness ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Residually Finite ◽  
Cyclic Subgroups ◽  
Isolated Subgroup ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractIn general polygonal products of finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent groups amalgamating cyclic subgroups need not be residually finite. In this paper we prove that polygonal products of finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent groups amalgamating maximal cyclic subgroups such that the amalgamated cycles generate an isolated subgroup in the vertex group containing them, are residually finite. We also prove that, for finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent groups, if the subgroups generated by the amalgamated cycles have the same nilpotency classes as their respective vertex groups, then their polygonal product is residually finite.

scholarly journals Groups with many permutable subgroups

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Curzio ◽  
John Lennox ◽  
Akbar Rhemtulla ◽  
James Wiegold
Keyword(s):  
Free Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Soluble Groups ◽  
Cyclic Subgroups ◽  
Prove Theorem ◽  
Permutable Subgroups ◽  
Infinite Set ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractWe consider the influence on a group G of the condition that every infinite set of cyclic subgroups of G contains a pair that permute and prove (Theorem 1) that finitely generated soluble groups with this condition are centre-by-finite, and (Theorem 2) that torsion free groups satisfying the condition are abelian.

The geometric dimension of an equivalence relation and finite extensions of countable groups

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1789-1814
Author(s):  
A. H. DOOLEY ◽  
V. YA. GOLODETS
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Relation ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Geometric Dimension ◽  
Finite Extension ◽  
Countable Group ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Finitely Generated Groups ◽  
Equivalence Theory ◽  
Borel Probability

AbstractWe say that the geometric dimension of a countable group G is equal to n if any free Borel action of G on a standard Borel probability space (X,μ), induces an equivalence relation of geometric dimension n on (X,μ) in the sense of Gaboriau. Let ℬ be the set of all finitely generated amenable groups all of whose subgroups are also finitely generated, and let 𝒜 be the subset of ℬ consisting of finite groups, torsion-free groups and their finite extensions. In this paper we study finite free products K of groups in 𝒜. The geometric dimension of any such group K is one: we prove that also geom-dim(Gf(K))=1 for any finite extension Gf(K) of K, applying the results of Stallings on finite extensions of free product groups, together with the results of Gaboriau and others in orbit equivalence theory. Using results of Karrass, Pietrowski and Solitar we extend these results to finite extensions of free groups. We also give generalizations and applications of these results to groups with geometric dimension greater than one. We construct a family of finitely generated groups {Kn}n∈ℕ,n>1, such that geom-dim(Kn)=n and geom-dim(Gf(Kn))=n for any finite extension Gf(Kn) of Kn. In particular, this construction allows us to produce, for each integer n>1, a family of groups {K(s,n)}s∈ℕ of geometric dimension n, such that any finite extension of K(s,n) also has geometric dimension n, but the finite extensions Gf(K(s,n)) are non-isomorphic, if s≠s′.

scholarly journals The Herzog–Schönheim conjecture for finitely generated groups

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (06) ◽  
pp. 1083-1112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabienne Chouraqui
Keyword(s):  
Metric Space ◽  
Finite Rank ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Combinatorial Approach ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Covering Spaces ◽  
Finitely Generated Groups

Let [Formula: see text] be a group and [Formula: see text] be subgroups of [Formula: see text] of indices [Formula: see text], respectively. In 1974, Herzog and Schönheim conjectured that if [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], is a coset partition of [Formula: see text], then [Formula: see text] cannot be distinct. We consider the Herzog–Schönheim conjecture for free groups of finite rank and develop a new combinatorial approach, using covering spaces. We define [Formula: see text] the space of coset partitions of [Formula: see text] and show [Formula: see text] is a metric space with interesting properties. We give some sufficient conditions on the coset partition that ensure the conjecture is satisfied and moreover has a neighborhood [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text] such that all the partitions in [Formula: see text] satisfy also the conjecture.

scholarly journals Non-∀-homogeneity in free groups

2020 ◽  
pp. 2050019
Author(s):  
Olga Kharlampovich ◽  
Christopher Natoli
Keyword(s):  
Finite Rank ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Limit Groups ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Countable Rank

We prove that non-abelian free groups of finite rank at least 3 or of countable rank are not [Formula: see text]-homogeneous. We answer three open questions from Kharlampovich, Myasnikov, and Sklinos regarding whether free groups, finitely generated elementary free groups, and non-abelian limit groups form special kinds of Fraïssé classes in which embeddings must preserve [Formula: see text]-formulas. We also provide interesting examples of countable non-finitely generated elementary free groups.

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