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$X$-torsion and universal groups

Group Theory 2016-10-04 v1 Logic

Abstract

For a set XNX\subseteq \mathbb{N}, we define the XX-torsion of a group GG to be all elements gGg\in G with gn=eg^{n}=e for some nXn\in X. With XX recursively enumerable, we give two independent proofs (group-theoretic, and model-theoretic) that there exists a universal finitely presented XX-torsion-free group; one which contains all finitely presented XX-torsion-free groups. We also show that, if XX is recursively enumerable, then the set of finite presentations of XX-torsion-free groups is Π20\Pi_{2}^{0}-complete in Kleene's arithmetic hierarchy.

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@article{arxiv.1610.00313,
  title  = {$X$-torsion and universal groups},
  author = {Maurice Chiodo and Zachiri McKenzie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00313},
  year   = {2016}
}

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10 pages. This is the first version, comments are welcome

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