Discretely ordered groups

DOI10.2140/ANT.2009.3.797MaRDI QIDQ1047632zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter A. Linnell, Dale Rolfsen, Akbar H. Rhemtulla

Publication date 5 January 2010

Published in Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2686

zbMATH Keywords

orderable groupgroup ordersdiscrete ordersright-orders

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Ordered groups (06F15) Ordered groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F60)

Abstract: We consider group orders and right-orders which are discrete, meaning there is a least element which is greater than the identity. We note that free groups cannot be given discrete orders, although they do have right-orders which are discrete. More generally, we give necessary and sufficient conditions that a given orderable group can be endowed with a discrete order. In particular, every orderable group G embeds in a discretely orderable group. We also consider conditions on right-orderable groups to be discretely right-orderable. Finally, we discuss a number of illustrative examples involving discrete orderability, including the Artin braid groups and Bergman's non-locally-indicable right orderable groups.

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