Invariable generation of infinite groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2014.08.030zbMATH Open1318.20032arXiv1407.4631OpenAlexW2151340275WikidataQ101241181 ScholiaQ101241181MaRDI QIDQ468705FDOQ468705

Aner Shalev, William M. Kantor, Alexander Lubotzky

Publication date: 7 November 2014

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

Abstract: A subset S of a group G invariably generates G if G = <s^(g(s)) | s in S> for each choice of g(s) in G, s in S. In this paper we study invariable generation of infinite groups, with emphasis on linear groups. Our main result shows that a finitely generated linear group is invariably generated by some finite set of elements if and only if it is virtually solvable. We also show that the profinite completion of an arithmetic group having the congruence subgroup property is invariably generated by a finite set of elements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.4631

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zbMATH Keywords

profinite groupsinvariable generationprofinite completionslinear groupscongruence subgroup property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Linear algebraic groups over global fields and their integers (20G30) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) Unimodular groups, congruence subgroups (group-theoretic aspects) (20H05)

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