A note on Engel elements in the first Grigorchuk group

DOI10.22108/IJGT.2018.109911.1470zbMATH Open1443.20065arXiv1802.09032OpenAlexW2964185712MaRDI QIDQ5124329FDOQ5124329

Antonio Tortora, Marialaura Noce

Publication date: 18 September 2020

Abstract: Let $Gamma$ be the first Grigorchuk group. According to a result of Bartholdi, the only left Engel elements of $Gamma$ are the involutions. This implies that the set of left Engel elements of $Gamma$ is not a subgroup. Of particular interest is to wonder whether this happens also for the sets of bounded left Engel elements, right Engel elements, and bounded right Engel elements of $Gamma$. Motivated by this, we prove that these three subsets of $Gamma$ coincide with the identity subgroup.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09032

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zbMATH Keywords

Engel elementsGrigorchuk group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on trees (20E08) Geometric group theory (20F65) Engel conditions (20F45)

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