$X$-torsion and universal groups
Group Theory
2016-10-04 v1 Logic
Abstract
For a set , we define the -torsion of a group to be all elements with for some . With recursively enumerable, we give two independent proofs (group-theoretic, and model-theoretic) that there exists a universal finitely presented -torsion-free group; one which contains all finitely presented -torsion-free groups. We also show that, if is recursively enumerable, then the set of finite presentations of -torsion-free groups is -complete in Kleene's arithmetic hierarchy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1610.00313,
title = {$X$-torsion and universal groups},
author = {Maurice Chiodo and Zachiri McKenzie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00313},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
10 pages. This is the first version, comments are welcome