On self-similarity of wreath products of abelian groups (Q1784013)

Summary: We prove that in a self-similar wreath product of abelian groups \(G=B\text{ wr }X\), if \(X\) is torsion-free then \(B\) is torsion of finite exponent. Therefore, in particular, the group \(\mathbb{Z}\text{ wr }\mathbb{Z}\) cannot be self-similar. Furthemore, we prove that if \(L\) is a self-similar abelian group then \(L^\omega\text{ wr }C_2\) is also self-similar.