On some closure properties of the non-abelian tensor product (Q729745)

The aim of this paper is to study some closure and finiteness properties of the non-abelian tensor product \(G \otimes H\) of groups. The authors prove that the class of nilpotent by finite, solvable by finite, polycyclic by finite, nilpotent of nilpotency class \(n\) and supersolvable groups are closed under the formation of the non-abelian tensor product. Furthermore, they prove that the non-abelian tensor product of locally finite, locally solvable, locally nilpotent, locally polycyclic and locally supersolvable has the same property, respectively. They use a general strategy to reconcile all of the above closure properties. Moreover, they provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the non-abelian tensor product of finitely generated groups to be finitely generated.