Approximating a group by its solvable quotients.

zbMATH Open1243.20038arXiv1102.4030MaRDI QIDQ416765FDOQ416765

Authors: Khalid Bou-Rabee 

Publication date: 10 May 2012

Published in: The New York Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The solvable Farb growth of a group quantifies how well-approximated the group is by its finite solvable quotients. In this note we present a new characterization of polycyclic groups which are virtually nilpotent. That is, we show that a group has solvable Farb growth which is at most polynomial in $log(n)$ if and only if the group is polycyclic and virtually nilpotent. We also give new results concerning approximating oriented surface groups by nilpotent quotients. As a consequence of this, we prove that a natural number $C$ exists so that any nontrivial element of the $Ck$th term of the lower central series of a finitely generated oriented surface group must have word length at least $k$. Here $C$ depends only on the choice of generating set. Finally, we give some results giving new lower bounds for the solvable Farb growth of some metabelian groups (including the Lamplighter groups).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.4030

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zbMATH Keywords

solvable groupsnilpotent groupsresidually finite groupspolycyclic groupsoriented surface groupsresidual finiteness growth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Solvable groups, supersolvable groups (20F16) Other classes of groups defined by subgroup chains (20F22)

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