On the finite index subgroups of Houghton's groups

DOI10.1007/S00013-021-01677-YzbMATH Open1497.20037arXiv2101.12116OpenAlexW4220737343MaRDI QIDQ2113927FDOQ2113927

Authors: Charles Garnet Cox 

Publication date: 14 March 2022

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An erratum has been added to resolve an issue raised by Professor Derek Holt. This appears after the original paper, and also includes two new results. Original abstract: Houghton's groups $H_2,H_3,ldots$ are certain infinite permutation groups acting on a countably infinite set; they have been studied, among other things, for their finiteness properties. In this note we describe all of the finite index subgroups of each Houghton group, and their isomorphism types. Using the standard notation that $d(G)$ denotes the minimal size of a generating set for $G$ we then show, for each $nin2,3,ldots$ and $U$ of finite index in $H_n$, that $d(U)ind(H_n),d(H_n)+1$ and characterise when each of these cases occurs.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.12116

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zbMATH Keywords

infinite groupsHoughton groupspermutation groupshighly transitive groupsgeneration of finite index subgroupsstructure of finite index subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65)

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