Locally soluble finitary skew linear groups (Q687672)

Let \(D\) be a division ring, \(V\) a vector space over \(D\). The finitary general linear group \(FGL(V) =\text{FAut}_ D V\) is the subgroup of \(\text{Aut}_ DV\) of \(D\)-automorphisms \(g\) of \(V\) such that \([V,g] = V(g - 1)\) has finite dimension over \(D\). A finitary skew linear group is a subgroup of \(FGL(V)\) for some \(D\) and \(V\). The main result is Theorem: Let \(G\) be a locally soluble finitary linear group over a locally finite-dimensional division algebra. (a) \(G\) has a normal subgroup \(N\) such that the \(\omega\)th term \(N^{(\omega)}\) of the derived series of \(N\) is hyperabelian and \(G/N\) is hyperabelian with hyperabelian length at most \(\omega\). (b) \(G\) has a local system of normal subgroups \(N\) such that \(N\) is hypoabelian with derived length less than \(\omega^ 2\). (c) \(G\) is (unipotent)-by-(abelian)-by-(locally finite).