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Decomposability of Finitely Generated Torsion-free Nilpotent Groups

Group Theory 2015-12-18 v2

Abstract

We describe an algorithm for deciding whether or not a given finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent group is decomposable as the direct product of nontrivial subgroups.

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@article{arxiv.1510.05632,
  title  = {Decomposability of Finitely Generated Torsion-free Nilpotent Groups},
  author = {Gilbert Baumslag and Charles F. Miller and Gretchen Ostheimer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.05632},
  year   = {2015}
}