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A nilpotency criterion for some verbal subgroups

Group Theory 2025-11-04 v1

Abstract

The word w=[xi1,xi2,,xik]w=[x_{i_1},x_{i_2},\dots,x_{i_k}] is a simple commutator word if k2,i1i2k\geq 2, i_1\neq i_2 and ij{1,,m}i_j\in \{1,\dots,m\}, for some m>1m>1. For a finite group GG, we prove that if i1iji_{1} \neq i_j for every j1j\neq 1, then the verbal subgroup corresponding to ww is nilpotent if and only if ab=ab|ab|=|a||b| for any ww-values a,bGa,b\in G of coprime orders. We also extend the result to a residually finite group GG, provided that the set of all ww-values in GG is finite.

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@article{arxiv.1812.02123,
  title  = {A nilpotency criterion for some verbal subgroups},
  author = {Carmine Monetta and Antonio Tortora},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.02123},
  year   = {2025}
}
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