Verbal width in anabelian groups

DOI10.1007/S11856-016-1430-6zbMATH Open1398.20040arXiv1401.3552OpenAlexW2962976924MaRDI QIDQ503273FDOQ503273

Authors: Nikolay Nikolov 

Publication date: 11 January 2017

Published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The class $A$ of anabelian groups is defined as the collection of finite groups without abelian composition factors. We prove that the commutator word $[x_1,x_2]$ and the power word $x_1^p$ have bounded width in $A$ when $p$ is an odd integer. By contrast the word $x^{30}$ does not have bounded width in $A$. On the other hand any given word $w$ has bounded width for those groups in $A$ whose composition factors are sufficiently large as a function of $w$. In the course of the proof we establish that sufficiently large almost simple groups cannot satisfy $w$ as a coset identity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.3552

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zbMATH Keywords

wordscommutatorabelian composition factorsanabelian groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of abstract finite groups (20D45) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10)

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