Planar infinite groups.

DOI10.1515/JGT-2014-0017MaRDI QIDQ741287zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mehdi Rajabian, M. Farrokhi D. G., A. Erfanian

Publication date 11 September 2014

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.0331

zbMATH Keywords

descending chain conditionfiniteness conditionsinfinite groupslocally finite groupsmaximal subgroupsplanar graphsplanar groupsplanar infinite groupsplanar subgroup lattices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Series and lattices of subgroups (20D30) Chains and lattices of subgroups, subnormal subgroups (20E15) Local properties of groups (20E25) Maximal subgroups (20E28) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

Abstract: We will determine all infinite $2$-locally finite groups as well as infinite $2$-groups with planar subgroup graph and show that infinite groups satisfying the chain conditions containing an involution do not have planar embeddings. Also, all connected outer-planar groups and outer-planar groups satisfying the chain conditions are presented. As a result, all planar groups which are direct product of connected groups are obtained.

Review text

The subgroup graph of a group \(G\) is defined as the graph whose vertices are the subgroups of \(G\) such that two subgroups \(H\) and \(K\) are adjacent if \(H\) is maximal in \(K\) or vice versa; the group \(G\) is called planar if its subgroup graph is planar. The structure of planar groups which are abelian or finite is well-known; [see \textit{C. L. Starr} and \textit{G. E. Turner} III, J. Algebr. Comb. 19, No. 3, 283-295 (2004; Zbl 1043.05064) and \textit{R. Schmidt}, Algebra Univers. 55, No. 1, 1-12 (2006; Zbl 1122.20008)]. The authors study planar infinite groups satisfying certain finiteness conditions. They first show that a planar group in which any two elements generate a finite subgroup is locally finite. Then they note that the structure of finite planar groups immediately implies that every locally finite planar group is finite or abelian. It follows that every infinite soluble planar group is abelian. They further show that every planar infinite 2-group is abelian and that a planar infinite group satisfying the ascending and descending chain conditions is generated by two elements and it has neither involutions nor elements with order a product of three distinct primes. Finally, the authors study outerplanar groups, that is, groups whose subgroup graph has a planar embedding where all vertices lie on the boundary of the same face.

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