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On Fox and augmentation quotients of semidirect products

Group Theory 2011-07-12 v2 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let GG be a group which is the semidirect product of a normal subgroup NN and some subgroup TT. Let In(G)I^n(G), n1n\ge 1, denote the powers of the augmentation ideal I(G)I(G) of the group ring Z(G)\Z(G). Using homological methods the groups Qn(G,H)=In1(G)I(H)/In(G)I(H)Q_n(G,H) = I^{n-1}(G)I(H)/I^{n}(G)I(H), H=G,N,TH=G,N,T, are functorially expressed in terms of enveloping algebras of certain Lie rings associated with NN and TT, in the following cases: for n4n\le 4 and arbitrary G,N,TG,N,T (except from one direct summand of Q4(G,N)Q_4(G,N)), and for all n2n\ge 2 if certain filtration quotients of NN and TT are torsionfree.

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@article{arxiv.0707.0362,
  title  = {On Fox and augmentation quotients of semidirect products},
  author = {Manfred Hartl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0362},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

39 pages; paper thoroughly revised: notation and presentation improved, many details and new result added (Theorem 1.7)