Some closure results for C-approximable groups

DOI10.2140/PJM.2017.287.393zbMATH Open1375.20044arXiv1601.01836OpenAlexW3101756975MaRDI QIDQ521741FDOQ521741

Derek F. Holt, Sarah Rees

Publication date: 12 April 2017

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate closure results for C-approximable groups, for certain classes C of groups with invariant length functions. In particular we prove, each time for certain (but not necessarily the same) classes C that (i) the direct product of two C-approximable groups is C-approximable; (ii) the restricted standard wreath product G wr H is C-approximable when G is C-approximable and H is residually finite; and (iii) a group G$ with normal subgroup N is C-approximable when N is C-approximable and G/N is amenable. Our direct product result is valid for LEF, weakly sofic and hyperlinear groups, as well as for all groups that are approximable by finite groups equipped with commutator-contractive invariant length functions (considered in cite{Thom}). Our wreath product result is valid for weakly sofic groups, and we prove it separately for sofic groups. We note that this last result has recently been generalised by Hayes and Sale, who prove that the restricted standard wreath product of any two sofic groups is sofic. Our result on extensions by amenable groups is valid for weakly sofic groups, and was proved by Elek and Szabo for sofic groups N.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01836

zbMATH Keywords

sofic\(\mathcal{C}\)-approximable grouphyperlinearlinear soficweakly sofic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Extensions, wreath products, and other compositions of groups (20E22) Geometric group theory (20F65) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69) Means on groups, semigroups, etc.; amenable groups (43A07)

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