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On finitely generated profinite groups II, products in quasisimple groups

Group Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We prove two results. (1) There is an absolute constant DD such that for any finite quasisimple group SS, given 2D arbitrary automorphisms of SS, every element of SS is equal to a product of DD `twisted commutators' defined by the given automorphisms. (2) Given a natural number qq, there exist C=C(q)C=C(q) and M=M(q)M=M(q) such that: if SS is a finite quasisimple group with S/Z(S)>C| S/\mathrm{Z}(S)| >C, βj\beta_{j} (j=1,...,M) (j=1,...,M) are any automorphisms of SS, and qjq_{j} (j=1,...,M) (j=1,...,M) are any divisors of qq, then there exist inner automorphisms αj\alpha_{j} of SS such that S=1M[S,(αjβj)qj]S=\prod_{1}^{M}[S,(\alpha_{j}\beta_{j})^{q_{j}}]. These results, which rely on the Classification of finite simple groups, are needed to complete the proofs of the main theorems of Part I.

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@article{arxiv.math/0604400,
  title  = {On finitely generated profinite groups II, products in quasisimple groups},
  author = {Nikolay Nikolov and Dan Segal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0604400},
  year   = {2007}
}

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34 pages

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