Powers of commutators in linear algebraic groups

DOI10.1017/S0013091524000361MaRDI QIDQ6622904zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Benjamin Martin

Publication date 23 October 2024

Published in Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Series II (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0013091524000361

zbMATH Keywords

commutatorHonda propertyLefschetz principlelinear algebraic groupprofinite groupultraproduct

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model-theoretic algebra (03C60) Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Commutator calculus (20F12) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

Review text

\textit{K. Honda} [Comment. Math. Univ. St. Pauli 2, 9--12 (1953; Zbl 0052.02204)] proved that every finite group satisfies the following property: if \(\gamma\) is a commutator in \(G\) and \(\langle \gamma \rangle = \langle \delta \rangle\), then \(\delta\) is also a commutator. Although Honda's original proof relied on character theory, \textit{H. W. Lenstra jun.} [Oper. Res. Lett. 51, No. 1, 17--20 (2023; Zbl 1525.20029)] later proved the Honda property for finite groups, without using character theory.\N\NOn the contrary to the finite case, there exist infinite groups that do not satisfy the Honda property, as noted by \textit{S. J. Pride} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 234, 483--496 (1977; Zbl 0366.20022)].\N\NIn this elegant paper, the author uses deep model-theoretic arguments to demonstrate that linear algebraic groups over algebraically closed fields, pseudo-finite fields and valuation rings over non-Archimedean local fields satisfy the Honda property. He further extends this result to profinite groups.

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