Generators of split extensions of abelian groups by cyclic groups

DOI10.4171/GGD/455MaRDI QIDQ1650832zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Luc Guyot

Publication date 13 July 2018

Published in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.08896

zbMATH Keywords

abelian-by-cyclic groupsBaumslag-Solitar groupsgeneralized Euclidean ringslamplighter groupsLaurent polynomialsmetacyclic groupsNielsen equivalencequasi-Euclidean ringsspecial Whitehead groupT-systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Solvable groups, supersolvable groups (20F16) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28)

Abstract: Let $GsimeqMtimesC$ be an $n$-generator group with $M$ Abelian and $C$ cyclic. We study the Nielsen equivalence classes and T-systems of generating $n$-tuples of $G$. The subgroup $M$ can be turned into a finitely generated faithful module over a suitable quotient $R$ of the integral group ring of $C$. When $C$ is infinite, we show that the Nielsen equivalence classes of the generating $n$-tuples of $G$ correspond bijectively to the orbits of unimodular rows in $M^{n-1}$ under the action of a subgroup of $G{L}_{n-1}(R)$. Making no assumption on the cardinality of $C$, we exhibit a complete invariant of Nielsen equivalence in the case $MsimeqR$. As an application, we classify Nielsen equivalence classes and T-systems of soluble Baumslag-Solitar groups, lamplighter groups and split metacyclic groups.

Review text

Summary: Let \(G\simeq M\rtimes C\) be an \(n\)-generator group which is a split extension of an abelian group \(M\) by a cyclic group \(C\). We study the Nielsen equivalence classes and T-systems of generating \(n\)-tuples of \(G\). The subgroup \(M\) can be turned into a finitely generated faithful module over a suitable quotient \(R\) of the integral group ring of \(C\). When \(C\) is infinite, we show that the Nielsen equivalence classes of the generating \(n\)-tuples of \(G\) correspond bijectively to the orbits of unimodular rows in \(M^{n -1}\) under the action of a subgroup of \(\mathrm{GL}_{n - 1}(R)\). Making no assumption on the cardinality of \(C\), we exhibit a complete invariant of Nielsen equivalence in the case \(M\simeq R\). As an application, we classify Nielsen equivalence classes and T-systems of soluble Baumslag-Solitar groups, split metacyclic groups and lamplighter groups.

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• Nielsen equivalence classes of free Abelianized extensions of groups.
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