Schur-pair property and the structure of varietal covering groups (Q698516)

The connection between the concepts of Schur-pair and Baer-invariant of groups with respect to a given variety \(\mathcal V\) are investigated. It is shown that if \((\mathcal{V,X})\) is a Schur-pair, and \(G^*\) is a \(\mathcal V\)-covering group of the group \(G\) then \(G\in\mathcal X\) if and only if \(G^*\in\mathcal X\) (Corollary 2.3). Assuming the existence of a \(\mathcal V\)-covering group of the given group \(G\) the properties of such \(\mathcal V\)-covering groups are established (Theorems 3.1, 3.3). \(\mathcal V\)-covering groups and \(\mathcal V\)-marginal extensions of \(\mathcal V\)-perfect groups with respect to a subvariety \(\mathcal V\) of the variety of Abelian groups are investigated (Theorems 4.1, 4.3).