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A stronger form of Neumann's BFC-theorem

Group Theory 2021-09-20 v2

Abstract

Given a group GG, we write xGx^G for the conjugacy class of GG containing the element xx. A famous theorem of B. H. Neumann states that if GG is a group in which all conjugacy classes are finite with bounded size, then the derived group GG' is finite. We establish the following result. Let nn be a positive integer and KK a subgroup of a group GG such that xGn|x^G|\leq n for each xKx\in K. Let H=KGH=\langle K^G\rangle be the normal closure of KK. Then the order of the derived group HH' is finite and nn-bounded. Some corollaries of this result are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2003.09933,
  title  = {A stronger form of Neumann's BFC-theorem},
  author = {Cristina Acciarri and Pavel Shumyatsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.09933},
  year   = {2021}
}

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some misprints corrected

R2 v1 2026-06-23T14:23:11.433Z