Gradients of sequences of subgroups in a direct product

Publication date 18 November 2019

Abstract: For a sequence

{U_{n}}_{n = 1}^{i} n f t y

of finite index subgroups of a direct product

G = A i m e s B

of finitely generated groups, we show that

lim_{n o infty} frac{min{|X| : langle X angle = U_n}}{[G : U_n]} = 0

once

[A : A c a p U_{n}], [B : B c a p U_{n}] o i n f t y

as

n o i n f t y

. Our proof relies on the classification of finite simple groups. For

A, B

that are finitely presented we show that

lim_{n o infty} frac{log |mathrm{Torsion}(U_n^{mathrm{ab}})|}{[G : U_n]} = 0.

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