Finitely generated soluble groups with an Engel condition on infinite subsets (Q5906456)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 492567
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 492567 |
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Finitely generated soluble groups with an Engel condition on infinite subsets (English)
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19 October 1994
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The authors consider the class \(E(\infty)\) of all groups \(G\) such that for every infinite subset \(X\) of \(G\) there exist distinct elements \(x,y \in X\) such that \([x,{_ ky}]= 1\) for some integer \(k \geq 1\) depending on \(X\). If \(k\) can be chosen to be the same for all infinite subsets of \(G\), then \(G\) belongs to the class \(E_ k(\infty)\). It is proved that a finitely generated soluble group \(G\) is an \(E(\infty)\)-group if and only if it is finite-by-nilpotent. Moreover, under the same hypotheses, \(G\) belongs to the class \(E_ 2(\infty)\) if and only if the subgroup \(R(G)\) of all right 2-Engel elements of \(G\) has finite index in \(G\).
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nilpotent groups
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infinite subset
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finitely generated soluble group
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finite-by-nilpotent
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right 2-Engel elements
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