Torsion cohomology for solvable groups of finite rank. (Q2341319)

In this paper the author defines a certain class of soluble groups of finite abelian section rank which includes in particular all such groups that are virtually torsion-free as well as those that are finitely generated. He proves that if \(G\) is a group in this class, with spectrum \(\pi\) and \(A\) is a \(\mathbb ZG\)-module which is \(\mathbb Z\)-torsion free, has finite \(\mathbb Z\)-rank and does not have any nonzero \(\mathbb ZG\)-submodules that are \(\pi\)-spectral as abelian groups, then \(H^n(G,A)\) and \(H_n(G, A)\) are finite for all \(n\geq 0\). Note that the spectrum of a group is the set of primes for which the group has a quasicyclic section. If \(\pi\) is a set of primes, then a group is said to be \(\pi\)-spectral if its spectrum is contained in \(\pi\). Moreover, if the underlying abelian group of \(A\) is a Chernikov group then the author specifies a similar condition on \(A\) that ensures that \(H^n(G,A)\) must be a Chernikov group for all \(n\geq 0\).