Subgroups of the Adjoint Group of a Radical Ring

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Let \(R\) be an associative ring, put \(a\circ b=a+b+ab\) for all elements \(a,b\) of \(R\). Then \(R\) is a semigroup with identity element 0 under the operation \(\circ\). The group of all invertible elements of this semigroup is called the adjoint group of \(R\) and is denoted by \(R(\circ)\). A ring \(R\) is radical if \(R=R(\circ)\). The following are the main results of this paper. Theorem A. The adjoint group of every radical ring is an \(SN\)-group in which every finite subgroup is nilpotent. Corollary 1. Let \(G\) be a subgroup of the adjoint group of a radical ring and suppose that one of the following conditions holds: (1) \(G\) is locally finite; (2) \(G\) has finite exponent; (3) \(G\) is an \(n\)-Engel group for some positive integer \(n\); (4) \(G\) is locally Artinian. Then the group \(G\) is locally nilpotent. Corollary 2. The following conditions on the finitely generated radical ring \(R\) are equivalent: (1) \(R\) is an \(n\)-Engel ring for some positive integer \(n\); (2) \(R\) is a nilpotent ring; (3) \(R(\circ)\) is an \(n\)-Engel group; (4) \(R(\circ)\) is a nilpotent group. Theorem D. Let \(G\) be a subgroup of the adjoint group of a nil ring. If there exists a positive integer \(r\) such that every finitely generated subgroup of \(G\) is \(r\)-generated or nilpotent, then \(G\) is locally nilpotent. Corollary 3. Let \(G\) be a subgroup of the adjoint group of a nil ring. (1) If every finitely generated subgroup of \(G\) has finite Prüfer rank, then \(G\) is locally nilpotent. (2) If there is a positive integer \(r\) such that every two-generator subgroup of \(G\) has finite Prüfer rank bounded by \(r\), then \(G\) is locally nilpotent.




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