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A note on the $R_\infty$ property for groups $\mathrm{FAlt}(X)\leqslant G\leqslant \mathrm{Sym}(X)$

Group Theory 2018-08-23 v3

Abstract

Given a set XX, the group Sym(X)\mathrm{Sym}(X) consists of all bijections from XX to XX, and FSym(X)\mathrm{FSym}(X) is the subgroup of maps with finite support i.e. those that move only finitely many points in XX. We describe the automorphism structure of groups FSym(X)GSym(X)\mathrm{FSym}(X)\le G\le \mathrm{Sym}(X) and use this to state some conditions on GG for it to have the RR_\infty property. Our main results are that if GG is infinite, torsion, and FSym(X)GSym(X)\mathrm{FSym}(X)\le G\le \mathrm{Sym}(X), then it has the RR_\infty property. Also, if GG is infinite and residually finite, then there is a set XX such that GG acts faithfully on XX and, using this action, G,FSym(X)\langle G, \mathrm{FSym}(X)\rangle has the RR_\infty property. Finally we have a result for the Houghton groups, which are a family of groups we denote HnH_n, where nNn \in \mathbb{N}. We show that, given any nNn\in \mathbb{N}, any group commensurable to HnH_n has the RR_\infty property.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1602.02688,
  title  = {A note on the $R_\infty$ property for groups $\mathrm{FAlt}(X)\leqslant G\leqslant \mathrm{Sym}(X)$},
  author = {Charles Cox},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.02688},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

12 pages, accepted in Communications in Algebra