Generation of polycyclic groups

DOI10.1515/JGT.2008.098zbMATH Open1180.20028arXiv0711.3440OpenAlexW2964152599MaRDI QIDQ3393373FDOQ3393373

Authors: Martin Kassabov, Nikolay Nikolov 

Publication date: 20 August 2009

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

Abstract: In this note we give an alternative proof of a theorem of Linnell and Warhurst that the number of generators d(G) of a polycyclic group G is at most d(hat G), where d(hat G) is the number of generators of the profinite completion of G. While not claiming anything new we believe that our argument is much simpler that the original one. Moreover our result gives some sufficient condition when d(G)=d(hat G) which can be verified quite easily in the case when G is virtually abelian.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3440

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zbMATH Keywords

generating setsnumbers of generatorsresidually finite groupspolycyclic groupsprofinite completionsminimax groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Generalizations of solvable and nilpotent groups (20F19) Solvable groups, supersolvable groups (20F16)

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