The Residual Finiteness of Polygonal Products—Two Counterexamples

1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. J. T. Allenby
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Residual Finiteness ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Residually Finite ◽  
Cyclic Subgroups ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractWe show that, even under very favourable hypotheses, a polygonal product of finitely generated torsion free nilpotent groups amalgamating infinite cyclic subgroups is, in general, not residually finite, thus answering negatively a question of C. Y. Tang. A second example shows similar kinds of limitations apply even when the factors of the product are free abelian groups.

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.

On the Residual Finiteness of Certain Polygonal Products

1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. J. T. Allenby ◽  
C. Y. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Residual Finiteness ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Residually Finite ◽  
Products Of Groups ◽  
Generalized Free Products

AbstractWe give examples to show that unlike generalized free products of groups (g.f.p.) polygonal products of finitely generated (f.g.) nilpotent groups with cyclic amalgamations need not be residually finite (R) and polygonal products of finite p-groups with cyclic amalgamations need not be residually nilpotent. However, polygonal products f.g. abelian groups are R, and under certain conditions polygonal products of finite p-groups with cyclic amalgamations are R.

scholarly journals Automorphisms of nilpotent groups of class two with small rank

1985 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Fournelle
Keyword(s):  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Factor Group ◽  
Direct Sums ◽  
Matrix Computations ◽  
Central Factor ◽  
Rank One ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractRational abelian groups, that is, torsion-free abelian groups of rank one, are characterized by their types. This paper characterizes rational nilpotent groups of class two, that is, nilpotent groups of class two in which the center and central factor group are direct sums of rational abelian groups. This characterization is done according to the types of the summands of the center and the central factor group. Using these types and some cohomological techniques it is possible to determine the automorphism group of the nilpotent group in question by performing essentially matrix computations.In particular, the automorphism groups of rational nilpotent groups of class two and rank three are completely described. Specific examples are given of semicomplete and pseudocomplete nilpotent groups.

ON RESIDUAL FINITENESS OF GRAPHS OF NILPOTENT GROUPS

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 403-408
Author(s):  
E. RAPTIS ◽  
O. TALELLI ◽  
D. VARSOS
Keyword(s):  
Finite Groups ◽  
Finite Graph ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Fundamental Groups ◽  
Residual Finiteness ◽  
Graph Of Groups ◽  
Residually Finite ◽  
Edge Group ◽  
Residually Finite Groups ◽  
Torsion Free

Here we characterize the residually finite groups G which are the fundamental groups of a finite graph of finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent groups. Namely we show that G is residually finite if and only if for each edge group of the graph of groups the two edge monomorphisms differ essentially by an isomorphism of certain subgroups of the Mal'cev completion of the corresponding vertex groups.

On autocommutators and the autocommutator subgroup in infinite abelian groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 877-885
Author(s):  
Luise-Charlotte Kappe ◽  
Patrizia Longobardi ◽  
Mercede Maj
Keyword(s):  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Torsion Group ◽  
Nilpotency Class ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Finite Abelian Groups ◽  
Minimal Order ◽  
Autocommutator Subgroup ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Torsion Free

Abstract It is well known that the set of commutators in a group usually does not form a subgroup. A similar phenomenon occurs for the set of autocommutators. There exists a group of order 64 and nilpotency class 2, where the set of autocommutators does not form a subgroup, and this group is of minimal order with this property. However, for finite abelian groups, the set of autocommutators is always a subgroup. We will show in this paper that this is no longer true for infinite abelian groups. We characterize finitely generated infinite abelian groups in which the set of autocommutators does not form a subgroup and show that in an infinite abelian torsion group the set of commutators is a subgroup. Lastly, we investigate torsion-free abelian groups with finite automorphism group and we study whether the set of autocommutators forms a subgroup in those groups.

scholarly journals Some cancellation theorems

1980 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Shastri
Keyword(s):  
Bilinear Form ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Equivalence Classes ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Cancellation Theorem

AbstractIf G, H and B are groups such that G × B ≃ H × B, G/[G, G]. Z(G) is free abelian and B is finitely generated abelian, then G ≃ H. The equivalence classes of triples (Vξ,A) where Vand A are finitely generated free abelian groups and ξ: V⊗ V → A is a bilinear form constitute a semigroup B undera natural external orthogonal sum. This semigroup B is cancellative. A cancellation theorem for class 2 nilpotent groups is deduced.

scholarly journals Torsion-free Abelian groups torsion over their endomorphism rings

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore G. Faticoni
Keyword(s):  
Free Group ◽  
Maximal Ideal ◽  
Integral Domain ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Endomorphism Rings ◽  
Torsion Free Group ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Finitely Presented ◽  
Torsion Free

We use a variation on a construction due to Corner 1965 to construct (Abelian) groups A that are torsion as modules over the ring End (A) of group endomorphisms of A. Some applications include the failure of the Baer-Kaplansky Theorem for Z[X]. There is a countable reduced torsion-free group A such that IA = A for each maximal ideal I in the countable commutative Noetherian integral domain, End (A). Also, there is a countable integral domain R and a countable. R-module A such that (1) R = End(A), (2) T0 ⊗RA ≠ 0 for each nonzero finitely generated (respectively finitely presented) R-module T0, but (3) T ⊗RA = 0 for some nonzero (respectively nonzero finitely generated). R-module T.

On the square subgroups of decomposable torsion-free abelian groups of rank three

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fysal Hasani ◽  
Fatemeh Karimi ◽  
Alireza Najafizadeh ◽  
Yousef Sadeghi
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Group ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractThe square subgroup of an abelian group

scholarly journals The residual finiteness of HNN-extensions and generalized free products of nilpotent groups: a characterization

1992 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Raptis ◽  
D. Varsos
Keyword(s):  
Nilpotent Groups ◽  
Residual Finiteness ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Hnn Extensions ◽  
Base Group ◽  
Generalized Free Products

AbstractWe study the residual finiteness of free products with amalgamations and HNN-extensions of finitely generated nilpotent groups. We give a characterization in terms of certain conditions satisfied by the associated subgroups. In particular the residual finiteness of these groups implies the possibility of extending the isomorphism of the associated subgroups to an isomorphism of their isolated closures in suitable overgroups of the factors (or the base group in case of HNN-extensions).

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