Filtrations of free groups arising from the lower central series

DOI10.1515/JGTH-2016-0508zbMATH Open1356.20019arXiv1601.08006OpenAlexW2963803409MaRDI QIDQ285587FDOQ285587

Authors: Michael Chapman, Ido Efrat 

Publication date: 19 May 2016

Published in: Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We make a systematic study of filtrations of a free group F defined as products of powers of the lower central series of F. Under some assumptions on the exponents, we characterize these filtrations in terms of the group algebra, the Magnus algebra of non-commutative power series, and linear representations by upper-triangular unipotent matrices. These characterizations generalize classical results of Grun, Magnus, Witt, and Zassenhaus from the 1930's, as well as later results on the lower p-central filtration and the p-Zassenhaus filtrations. We derive alternative recursive definitions of such filtrations, extending results of Lazard. Finally, we relate these filtrations to Massey products in group cohomology.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.08006

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zbMATH Keywords

lower central seriesMassey productsfiltrations of free groupslower \(p\)-central filtrations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Derived series, central series, and generalizations for groups (20F14) Commutator calculus (20F12) Other classes of groups defined by subgroup chains (20F22) General structure theorems for groups (20E34)

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