Non-tame automorphisms of extensions of periodic groups

\(N\)- torsion invariant central extensions of free Burnside groups extensions of periodic groups free group lower central series non-tame automorphisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Extensions, wreath products, and other compositions of groups (20E22) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Derived series, central series, and generalizations for groups (20F14) Periodic groups; locally finite groups (20F50)

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If \(R\) is a characteristic subgroup of a free group \(F\), then an automorphism of \(F\) induces in a natural way an automorphism of \(F/R\). An automorphism of \(F/R\) induced in such a way is called tame. The question is whether the group \(F/R\) has non-tame automorphisms, i.e. automorphisms which cannot be induced by automorphisms of \(F\). The authors use the \(N\)-torsion invariant discovered by \textit{Y. Moriah} and \textit{M. Lustig} [J. Algebra 157, 170-198 (1993)], to show the existence of non-tame automorphisms of the following groups: (i) central extensions of free Burnside groups, i.e. the groups \(F_ n/[F^ p_ n,F_ n]\), where \(F_ n\) is a free group of finite rank \(n \geq 4\) and \(F^ p_ n\) is the subgroup generated by the \(p\)th powers of elements of \(F_ n\) for \(p\) a positive integer \(\geq 3\). (ii) The groups \(F_ n/\gamma_ c(F^ p_ n)\), where \(\gamma_ c(G)\) denotes as usual the \(c\)th term of the lower central series of the group \(G\). As a corollary they also prove that the group \(F_ n/[\gamma_ c(F_ n),F_ n]\) has non-tame automorphisms. In each case they produce specific automorphisms and they use the above mentioned invariant to prove that they are non- tame.

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