On words that are concise in residually finite groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2013.04.018MaRDI QIDQ392389zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Cristina Acciarri, Pavel Shumyatsky

Publication date 14 January 2014

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0581

zbMATH Keywords

multilinear commutator wordsresidually finite groupsverbal subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Commutator calculus (20F12) Quasivarieties and varieties of groups (20E10)

Abstract: A group-word w is called concise if whenever the set of w-values in a group G is finite it always follows that the verbal subgroup w(G) is finite. More generally, a word w is said to be concise in a class of groups X if whenever the set of w-values is finite for a group $GinX$, it always follows that w(G) is finite. P. Hall asked whether every word is concise. Due to Ivanov the answer to this problem is known to be negative. Dan Segal asked whether every word is concise in the class of residually finite groups. In this direction we prove that if w is a multilinear commutator and q is a prime-power, then the word $w^q$ is indeed concise in the class of residually finite groups. Further, we show that in the case where $w=gamm{a}_k$ the word $w^q$ is boundedly concise in the class of residually finite groups. It remains unknown whether the word $w^q$ is actually concise in the class of all groups.

Recommendations

• Words of Engel type are concise in residually finite groups. II.
• On bounded conciseness of words in residually finite groups
• On rational and concise words.
• Words of Engel type are concise in residually finite groups
• Bounding the order of a verbal subgroup in a residually finite group

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4142299 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 51735 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1544119 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 923862 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3270701 (Why is no real title available?)
• A (locally nilpotent)-by-nilpotent variety of groups
• Applications of Lie ring methods to group theory
• Closed subgroups of profinite groups
• Finiteness Conditions for Verbal Subgroups
• Groups with bounded verbal conjugacy classes
• On Outer-Commutator Words
• On groups with commutators of bounded order
• On profinite groups in which commutators are Engel
• Outer commutator words are uniformly concise
• The exponents of central factor and commutator groups
• Verbal subgroups in residually finite groups
• Words. Notes on verbal width in groups.

Cited in

(26)

• Commutators, centralizers, and strong conciseness in profinite groups
• On conciseness of words in profinite groups.
• On countable coverings of word values in profinite groups.
• A Note on Conciseness of Engel Words
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1869737 (Why is no real title available?)
• Strong conciseness of coprime commutators in profinite groups
• On finiteness of some verbal subgroups in profinite groups
• Conciseness on normal subgroups and new concise words from outer commutator words
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7780493 (Why is no real title available?)
• Conciseness of coprime commutators in finite groups.
• Words of Engel type are concise in residually finite groups. II.
• On profinite groups admitting a word with only few values
• On rational and concise words.
• On conciseness of the word in Olshanskii's example
• A finiteness condition for verbal conjugacy classes in a group
• Which Words have an Efficient Result?
• On semiconcise words
• Engel groups in Bath -- ten years later
• Outer commutator words are uniformly concise
• Words of Engel type are concise in residually finite groups
• On finiteness of verbal subgroups
• On bounded conciseness of words in residually finite groups
• On conciseness of some commutator words
• Bounding the order of a verbal subgroup in a residually finite group
• A note on strong conciseness in virtually nilpotent profinite groups
• On bounded conciseness of Engel-like words in residually finite groups

This page was built for publication: On words that are concise in residually finite groups.

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q392389)