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The Geometric Invariants of Group Extensions Part I: Finite Extensions

Group Theory 2011-12-22 v3

Abstract

In this note, we compute the {\Sigma}^1(G) invariant when 1 {\to} H {\to} G {\to} K {\to} 1 is a short exact sequence of finitely generated groups with K finite. As an application, we construct a group F semidirect Z_2 where F is the R. Thompson's group F and show that F semidirect Z_2 has the R-infinity property while F is not characteristic. Furthermore, we construct a finite extension G with finitely generated commutator subgroup G' but has a finite index normal subgroup H with infinitely generated H'.

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@article{arxiv.1103.0313,
  title  = {The Geometric Invariants of Group Extensions Part I: Finite Extensions},
  author = {Nic Koban and Peter Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.0313},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors to further work on the main theorems