Generalizing the Hilton-Mislin genus group (Q5942797)

For any group \(H\), let \(\chi(H)\) be the set of all isomorphism classes of groups such that \(K\times\mathbb{Z}\cong H\times\mathbb{Z}\). For a finitely generated group \(H\) having finite commutator subgroup \([H,H]\) the author defines a group structure on \(\chi(H)\) in terms of embeddings of \(K\) into \(H\), for groups \(K\) for which the isomorphism class belongs to \(\chi(H)\). If \(H\) is a nilpotent group then this group coincides with the genus group \({\mathcal G}(H)\) defined by Hilton and Mislin.