On the semigroup rank of a group

DOI10.1007/S00233-018-9982-XzbMATH Open1467.20045arXiv1710.01495OpenAlexW2963187634MaRDI QIDQ2009653FDOQ2009653

Authors: Mário J. J. Branco, Pedro V. Silva, Gracinda M. S. Gomes 

Publication date: 29 November 2019

Published in: Semigroup Forum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For an arbitrary group $G$, it is shown that either the semigroup rank $GmrkS$ equals the group rank $GmrkG$, or $GmrkS=GmrkG+1$. This is the starting point for the rest of the article, where the semigroup rank for diverse kinds of groups is analysed. The semigroup rank of relatively free groups, for any variety of groups, is computed. For a finitely generated abelian group~$G$, it is proven that $GmrkS=GmrkG+1$ if and only if $G$ is torsion-free. In general, this is not true. Partial results are obtained in the nilpotent case. It is also proven that if $M$ is a connected closed surface, then $(p{i}_1(M))mrkS=(p{i}_1(M))mrkG+1$ if and only if $M$ is orientable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.01495

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zbMATH Keywords

abelian groupfree groupgroupsurface groupsemigroup rank

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Free semigroups, generators and relations, word problems (20M05)

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