Invariable generation and the Houghton groups

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2022.01.023zbMATH Open1504.20004arXiv2007.01626OpenAlexW4210423502MaRDI QIDQ2667906FDOQ2667906

Authors: Charles Garnet Cox 

Publication date: 2 March 2022

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

Abstract: The Houghton groups $H_1,H_2,ldots$ are a family of infinite groups. In 1975 Wiegold showed that $H_3$ was invariably generated (IG) but $H_{1}le{H}_3$ was not. A natural question is then whether the groups $H_2,H_3,ldots$ are all IG. Wiegold also ends by saying that, in the examples he had found of an IG group with a subgroup that is not IG, the subgroup was never of finite index. Another natural question is then whether there is a subgroup of finite index in $H_3$ that is not IG. In this note we prove, for each $nin2,3,ldots$, that $H_n$ and all of its finite index subgroups are IG. The independent work of Minasyan and Goffer-Lazarovich in June 2020 frames this note quite nicely: they showed that an IG group can have a finite index subgroup that is not IG.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01626

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zbMATH Keywords

generatorsHoughton groupscommensurable groupsfinite index subgroupsinvariable generation of infinite groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Multiply transitive infinite groups (20B22)

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