Centralizers in graph products of groups. (Q2370200): Difference between revisions

Graph products of groups generalize both free and direct products of groups just as graph groups generalize both free and free Abelian groups. For graph groups the centralizer is known to be itself a graph group [see \textit{H. Servatius}, J. Algebra 126, No. 1, 34-60 (1989; Zbl 0682.20022)]. The main result of the paper under review is that for graph products, the centralizer of an element is the direct product of a \textit{full subgroup} of the graph product with either a subgroup of one of the vertex groups or an infinite cyclic group.