A note on powers in simple groups

DOI10.1017/S030500419600165XMaRDI QIDQ4352083zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jan Saxl, John S. Wilson

Publication date 11 May 1998

Published in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s030500419600165x

zbMATH Keywords

Cartesian productsfinite simple groupsopen subgroupsproducts of commutatorsproducts of powersprofinite groupssubgroups of finite index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

Review text

Using the Classification of the Finite Simple Groups, \textit{J. S. Wilson} [J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 51, No. 3, 471-490 (1995; Zbl 0847.20001)]\ proved that there is an integer \(k\) such that every element of a finite non-abelian simple group \(S\) is a product of \(k\) commutators in \(S\). By exploiting similar ideas, the authors prove the following result: Theorem 1. Let \(n\) be a positive integer. There is an integer \(k\), depending only on \(n\), such that each element of each finite simple group \(S\) not of exponent dividing \(n\) is a product of \(k\) \(n\)th powers. As a corollary the following result is established: Theorem 2. Let \(C\) be the Cartesian product of a family of non-abelian finite simple groups and suppose that \(C\) is finitely generated, regarded as a profinite group. Then every subgroup of finite index in \(C\) is open. Another proof of Theorem 1, also using the Classification, was obtained by \textit{C. Martinez} and \textit{E. Zelmanov} [Isr. J. Math. 96, Pt. B, 469-479 (1996; see the preceding review Zbl 0890.20012)].

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