Certain residual properties of generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2021.05.001MaRDI QIDQ2029232zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors E. V. Sokolov

Publication date 3 June 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.00166

zbMATH Keywords

fundamental group of a graph of groupsgeneralized Baumslag-Solitar groupresidual finitenessresidual nilpotenceresidual solvabilityroot-class residuality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Groups acting on trees (20E08) Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a generalized Baumslag-Solitar group and $mathcalC$ be a class of groups containing at least one non-unit group and closed under taking subgroups, extensions, and Cartesian products of the form $pro{d}_{yinY}{X}_y$, where $X,YinmathcalC$ and $X_y$ is an isomorphic copy of $X$ for every $yinY$. We give a criterion for $G$ to be residually a $mathcalC$-group provided $mathcalC$ consists only of periodic groups. We also prove that $G$ is residually a torsion-free $mathcalC$-group if $mathcalC$ contains at least one non-periodic group and is closed under taking homomorphic images. These statements generalize and strengthen some known results. Using the first of them, we provide criteria for a GBS-group to be a) residually nilpotent; b) residually torsion-free nilpotent; c) residually free.

Review text

This paper considers generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups, written GBS-groups for short. The author gives conditions for a GBS-group to be a residually \(\mathcal{C}\)-group, for \(\mathcal{C}\) a class of groups containing at least one non-trivial group and closed under taking subgroups, extensions, and Cartesian products of the form \(\prod_{y\in Y} X_y\) for \(X,Y\in \mathcal{C}\) with \(X_y\) being an isomorphic copy of \(X\) for each \(y\in Y\). Such a class of groups is called a root class, and this notion was introduced in [\textit{K. W. Gruenberg}, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. III Ser. 7, 29--62 (1957; Zbl 0077.02901)]. In particular, if \(\mathcal{C}\) contains only periodic groups, the author gives a criterion for a GBS-group to be a residually \(\mathcal{C}\)-group. The author also proves that if \(\mathcal{C}\) contains at least one non-periodic group and is closed under taking quotients, then a GBS-group is residually a torsion-free \(\mathcal{C}\)-group. All of these results generalize recent work on GBS-groups. Furthermore, the author gives criteria for a GBS-group to be residually nilpotent, which answers Question 4 in [\textit{V. G. Bardakov} and \textit{M. V. Neshchadim}, Algebra Logic 59, No. 4, 281--294 (2020; Zbl 1484.20058)]. The author also gives criteria for a GBS-group to be residually torsion-free nilpotent, which is shown to be equivalent to being residually free. In addition, the author provides algorithms for verifying some conditions.

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