Central extensions of the symmetric core of a group (Q1324951)
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Central extensions of the symmetric core of a group (English)
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7 July 1994
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If \(G\) is a group and \(\sigma\) is an involutory automorphism of \(G\), the symmetric core of \((G,\sigma)\) is \(S(G) := \{a \sigma(a^{-1}) \mid a\in G\}\). Let \((H,Z)\) be a central extension of \(G\) with exact sequence \(1 \to Z \to H @>\phi>> G \to 1\), where \(Z \subseteq Z(H)\) and let \(\tau\) be an involutory automorphism of \(H\) acting trivially on \(Z\) and such that \(\phi\tau = \sigma\phi\). In this case \((H,Z,\tau)\) is called a central extension (of the null type) of \((G,\sigma)\); since the symmetric core \(S(H)\) of \((H,\tau)\) maps homomorphically onto \(S(G)\), \(S(H)\) is called a central extension of \(S(G)\). The author constructs a ``generic cover'' \(S(U)\) of \(S(G)\), in the sense that every cover of \(S(G)\) is a homomorphic image of \(S(U)\) and proves that \(S(U)\) is finite and uniquely determined up to isomorphism if \(G\) is finite. If \(G\) is finite, it is shown that the index of \(S(G)\) in \(S(U)\) divides the order of the restricted Schur multiplier \(H^ 2(G,C;\sigma)\), where \(C\) is the multiplicative group of nonzero complex numbers.
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finite groups
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generic cover
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involutory automorphism
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symmetric core
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central extension
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restricted Schur multiplier
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