Understanding Wall's theorem on dependence of Lie relators in Burnside groups
Group Theory
2020-02-04 v1
Abstract
G.E. Wall gave two different proofs of a remarkable result about the multilinear Lie relators satisfied by groups of prime power exponent . He showed that if is a power of the prime , and if is a multilinear Lie relator in variables where , then is a consequence of multilinear Lie relators in fewer than variables. For years I have struggled to understand his proofs, and while I still have not the slightest clue about his first proof published in the Journal of Algebra, I finally have some understanding of his second proof published in a conference proceedings. In this note I offer my insights into Wall's second proof of this theorem.
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@article{arxiv.2002.00359,
title = {Understanding Wall's theorem on dependence of Lie relators in Burnside groups},
author = {Michael Vaughan-Lee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.00359},
year = {2020}
}
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18 pages