On profinite groups in which commutators are Engel

DOI10.1017/S144678870000224XMaRDI QIDQ2726646zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Pavel Shumyatsky

Publication date 18 December 2001

Published in Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/S144678870000224X

zbMATH Keywords

associated Lie ringscommutatorsEngel elementsEngel groupsfinitely generated profinite groupslower central series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Commutator calculus (20F12) Derived series, central series, and generalizations for groups (20F14) Associated Lie structures for groups (20F40) Engel conditions (20F45)

Review text

Let \(G\) be a group and \(x,y\) be elements of \(G\). Denote \([x_1,x_2,\dots,x_k]=[[x_1,x_2,\dots,x_{k-1}],x_k]\) and \([x,{_0y}]=x\) and \([x,{_ny}]=[[x,{_{n-1}y}],y]\) for positive integers \(k,n\). An element \(y\) of \(G\) is called Engel if for any \(x\in G\) there exists a natural number \(n\) such that \([x,{_ny}]=1\). A group \(G\) is Engel if every element of \(G\) is Engel. \textit{J. S. Wilson} and \textit{E. I. Zelmanov} [in J. Pure Appl. Algebra 81, No. 1, 103-109 (1992; Zbl 0851.17007)] proved that any profinite Engel group is locally nilpotent. The author proves the following two results.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINETheorem 1.1. Let \(k\) be a positive integer and \(G\) a finitely generated profinite group such that \([x_1,x_2,\dots,x_k]\) is Engel for all \(x_1,\dots,x_k\in G\). Then the \(k\)-th term of lower central series \(\gamma_k(G)\) is locally nilpotent.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINETheorem 1.2. Let \(k\) be a positive integer and \({\mathcal N}^h\) a class of finite solvable groups of Fitting heigth \(h\). Let \(G\) be a finitely generated pro-\({\mathcal N}^h\) group such that \([x_1,x_2,\dots,x_k]\) is of finite order for all \(x_1,\dots,x_k\in G\). Then the \(k\)-th term of lower central series \(\gamma_k(G)\) is locally finite.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe methods of proofs are based on Lie ring methods.

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