Generalized torsion elements in groups

DOI10.1007/S00013-023-01931-5MaRDI QIDQ6189341zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Raimundo A. Bastos, Csaba Schneider, Danilo Silveira

Publication date 8 February 2024

Published in Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.09589

zbMATH Keywords

character theorygeneralized exponentgeneralized ordergeneralized torsiontorsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Commutator calculus (20F12) Derived series, central series, and generalizations for groups (20F14) Periodic groups; locally finite groups (20F50)

Abstract: A group element is called a generalized torsion if a finite product of its conjugates is equal to the identity. We prove that in a nilpotent or FC-group, the generalized torsion elements are all torsion elements. Moreover, we compute the generalized order of an element in a finite group $G$ using its character table.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a group. An element \(x\in \) is called a \textit{generalized torsion element} if there is a natural number \(k\) and there are elements \(g_{1},g_{2},\dots ,g_{k}\in G\) such that \[ x^{g_{1}}x^{g_{2}}\cdots x^{g_{k}}=1, \] namely, identity is equal to the product of finitely many conjugates of \(x\). Clearly, every torsion element of a group is also generalized torsion. On the other hand, there are many classes of groups where these two notions do not coincide. For instance, every element of the infinite dihedral group is a generalized torsion. The authors report examples of finitely generated torsion free groups whose all elements are generalized torsion (see [\textit{Yu. M. Gorchakov}, Algebra Logika 6, No. 3, 5--7 (1967; Zbl 0167.28704); \textit{A. P. Goryushkin}, Sib. Math. J. 14, 146--148 (1973; Zbl 0269.20026); translation from Sib. Mat. Zh. 14, 204--207 (1973)]). On the other hand, they prove that if \(G\) is an \(FC\)-group or a nilpotent group, then all generalized torsion elements are torsion elements. For finite groups, the authors suggest a method using the character tables to compute the generalized orders of elements. Indeed, they present interesting examples of various groups having particular generalized exponent using some GAP computations. Finally, they conjecture that all finite non-abelian simple groups have maximal generalized exponent less than or equal to \(3\).

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