Non-linear residually finite groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2004.06.025MaRDI QIDQ1764838zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Cornelia Drutu, Mark Sapir

Publication date 22 February 2005

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0405470

zbMATH Keywords

HNN-extensionslinear groupsone-relator groupsresidually finite groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

Abstract: We give the first example of a non-linear residually finite 1-related group: < a, t | a^{t^2}=a^2>.

Review text

The following main result is obtained. Theorem 4. The group \(\langle a,t\mid t^2at^{-2}=a^2\rangle\) is residually finite but not linear. -- Examples of non-linear ascending HNN-extensions of linear groups are constructed. Three unsolved problems are formulated.

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