On groups with large verbal quotients

DOI10.1515/JGTH-2023-0088MaRDI QIDQ6507769arXivFDO

Authors Francesca A. Lisi, Luca Sabatini

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special aspects of infinite or finite groups (20F99)

Abstract: Let $w=w(x_1,\mathrm{...},x_n)$ be a word, i.e. an element of the free group $F=langle{x}_1,\mathrm{...},x_{n}angle$. The verbal subgroup $w(G)$ of a group $G$ is the subgroup generated by the set $w(x_1,\mathrm{...},x_n):x_1,\mathrm{...},x_{n}inG$ of all $w$-values in $G$. Following J. Gonz'alez-S'anchez and B. Klopsch, a group $G$ is $w$-maximal if $|H:w(H)|<|G:w(G)|$ for every $H<G$. In this paper we give new results on $w$-maximal groups, and study the weaker condition in which the previous inequality is not strict. Some applications are given: for example, if a finite group has a solvable (resp. nilpotent) section of size $n$, then it has a solvable (resp. nilpotent) subgroup of size at least $n$.

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