The structure of groups with all proper quotients virtually nilpotent

DOI10.2140/PJM.2023.325.147zbMATH Open1529.20045arXiv2211.07567MaRDI QIDQ6137572FDOQ6137572

Authors: Benjamin Klopsch, Martyn Quick 

Publication date: 4 September 2023

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

Abstract: Just infinite groups play a significant role in profinite group theory. For each $cgeq0$, we consider more generally JNN${}_c$F profinite (or, in places, discrete) groups that are Fitting-free; these are the groups $G$ such that every proper quotient of $G$ is virtually class-$c$ nilpotent whereas $G$ itself is not, and additionally $G$ does not have any non-trivial abelian normal subgroup. When $c=1$, we obtain the just non-(virtually abelian) groups without non-trivial abelian normal subgroups. Our first result is that a finitely generated profinite group is virtually class bd$c$ nilpotent if and only if there are only finitely many subgroups arising as the lower central series terms $gamm{a}_{c+1}(K)$ of open normal subgroups $K$ of $G$. Based on this we prove several structure theorems. For instance, we characterize the JNN${}_c$F profinite groups in terms of subgroups of the above form $gamm{a}_{c+1}(K)$. We also give a description of JNN${}_c$F profinite groups as suitable inverse limits of virtually nilpotent profinite groups. Analogous results are established for the family of hereditarily JNN${}_c$F groups and, for instance, we show that a Fitting-free JNN${}_c$F profinite (or discrete) group is hereditarily JNN${}_{c}F$ if and only if every maximal subgroup of finite index is JNN${}_c$F. Finally, we give a construction of hereditarily JNN${}_c$F groups, which uses as an input known families of hereditarily just infinite groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.07567

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zbMATH Keywords

profinite groupsresidually finite groupsvirtually nilpotent groupsjust infinite groupsjust non-nilpotent-by-finite groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Generalizations of solvable and nilpotent groups (20F19)

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