Free subgroups in maximal subgroups of \(\text{GL}_1(D)\) (Q5945579)
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Free subgroups in maximal subgroups of \(\text{GL}_1(D)\) (English)
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31 January 2002
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Let \(D\) be a finite-dimensional division algebra with centre \(F\). It is proved in this paper that a maximal subgroup \(M\) of the multiplicative group \(D^*\) of \(D\) satisfies a sort of `Tits alternative'. Specifically, either \(M\) contains a non-cyclic free subgroup or there is a maximal subfield \(K\) of \(D\) that is Galois over \(F\) and such that \(K^*\) is a normal subgroup of \(M\) with \(M/K^*\) isomorphic to the Galois group of \(K\) over \(F\), or \(M\) is Abelian.
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finite-dimensional division algebras
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maximal subgroups
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multiplicative groups
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Tits alternative
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free subgroups
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normal subgroups
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Galois groups
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