Groups where free subgroups are abundant

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2011.07.013zbMATH Open1246.22004arXiv1103.1099OpenAlexW2019026899MaRDI QIDQ765703FDOQ765703

Z. Mesyan

Publication date: 22 March 2012

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given an infinite topological group G and a cardinal k>0, we say that G is almost k-free if the set of k-tuples in G^k which freely generate free subgroups of G is dense in G^k. In this note we examine groups having this property and construct examples. For instance, we show that if G is a non-discrete Hausdorff topological group that contains a dense free subgroup of rank k>0, then G is almost k-free. A consequence of this is that for any infinite set X, the group of all permutations of X is almost 2^|X|-free. We also show that an infinite topological group is almost aleph_0-free if and only if it is almost n-free for each positive integer n. This generalizes the work of Dixon and Gartside-Knight.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1099

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zbMATH Keywords

permutation groupsalmost free groupsdense free subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Subgroups of symmetric groups (20B35) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Structure of general topological groups (22A05) Topological groups (topological aspects) (54H11)

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