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We describe an algorithm for deciding whether or not a given finitely generated torsion-free nilpotent group is decomposable as the direct product of nontrivial subgroups.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-12-18 Gilbert Baumslag , Charles F. Miller , Gretchen Ostheimer

It is shown that there exists a finitely generated infinite simple group of infinite commutator width, and that the commutator width of a finitely generated infinite boundedly simple group can be arbitrarily large. Besides, such groups can…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-14 Alexey Muranov

Let N be a normal subgroup of a finite group G. We prove that under certain (unavoidable) conditions the subgroup [N,G] is a product of commutators [N,y] (with prescribed values of y from a given set Y) of length bounded by a function of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-31 Nikolay Nikolov , Dan Segal

Classes of algebraic structures that are defined by equational laws are called varieties or equational classes. A variety is finitely generated if it is defined by the laws that hold in some fixed finite algebra. We show that every…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2014-04-01 Erhard Aichinger , Peter Mayr

We study systematically groups whose marked finite quotients form a recursive set. We give several definitions, and prove basic properties of this class of groups, and in particular emphasize the link between the growth of the depth…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-27 Emmanuel Rauzy

We show that a finitely generated subgroup of a free group, chosen uniformly at random, is strictly Whitehead minimal with overwhelming probability. Whitehead minimality is one of the key elements of the solution of the orbit problem in…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-25 Frédérique Bassino , Cyril Nicaud , Pascal Weil

Shumyatsky and the second author proved that if G is a finitely generated residually finite p-group satisfying a law, then, for almost all primes, the fact that a normal and commutator-closed set of generators satisfies a positive law…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-08-04 C. Acciarri , G. A. Fernández-Alcober

We construct finitely generated simple torsion-free groups with strong homological control. Our main result is that every subset of $\mathbb{N} \cup \{\infty\}$, with some obvious exceptions, can be realized as the set of dimensions of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-14 Francesco Fournier-Facio , Bin Sun

We show that the intersection of the rational derived series of a one-relator group is rationally perfect and is normally generated by a single element. As a corollary, we characterise precisely when a one-relator group is residually…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-22 Marco Linton

A group $G$ is called hereditarily non-topologizable if, for every $H\le G$, no quotient of $H$ admits a non-discrete Hausdorff topology. We construct first examples of infinite hereditarily non-topologizable groups. This allows us to prove…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-10-02 A. A. Klyachko , A. Yu. Olshanskii , D. V. Osin

We establish several results on the word problem for just infinite groups. First, for finitely generated just infinite groups we show that the word problem is uniformly decidable for presentations with recursively enumerable sets of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Alexey Talambutsa

We give a characterizations of toposes which admit a generating family of objects which are internally cardinal finite (i.e. Kuratowski finite and decidable) in terms of "topological" conditions. The central result is that, constructively,…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2016-04-06 Simon Henry

It is a simple fact that a subgroup generated by a subset $A$ of an abelian group is the direct sum of the cyclic groups $\langle a\rangle$, $a\in A$ if and only if the set $A$ is independent. In [5] the concept of an $independent$ set in…

General Topology · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Jan Spevak

Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a class of finite groups closed for subgroups, quotients groups and extensions. Let $\Gamma$ be a finite simplicial graph and $G = G_{\Gamma}$ be the corresponding pro-$\mathcal C$ RAAG. We show that if $N$ is a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-08 Dessislava Kochloukova , Pavel Zalesskii

Let G be a group and let O_G denote the set of left orderings on G. Then O_G can be topologized in a natural way, and we shall study this topology to answer three conjectures. In particular we shall show that O_G can never be countably…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Peter A. Linnell

A discrete subset $S$ of a topologically gyrogroup $G$ is called a {\it suitable set} for $G$ if $S\cup \{1\}$ is closed and the subgyrogroup generated by $S$ is dense in $G$, where $1$ is the identity element of $G$. In this paper, we…

General Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Jiamin He , Jiajia Yang , Fucai Lin

We prove that there exists a finitely generated group that satisfies a group law with probability 1 but does not satisfy any group law. More precisely, we construct a finitely generated group G in which the probability that a random element…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-11 Gil Goffer , Be'eri Greenfeld

We describe the groups that have the same holomorph as a finite perfect group. Our results are complete for centerless groups. When the center is non-trivial, some questions remain open. The peculiarities of the general case are illustrated…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-09 A. Caranti , F. Dalla Volta

We use the structure lattice, introduced in Part I, to undertake a systematic study of the class $\mathscr S$ consisting of compactly generated, topologically simple, totally disconnected locally compact groups that are non-discrete. Given…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-07 Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace , Colin D. Reid , George A. Willis

Let $G$ be a locally compact topological group, $G_0$ the connected component of its identity element, and comp(G) the union of all compact subgroups. A topological group will be called inductively monothetic if any subgroup generated (as a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-04-21 Hatem Hamrouni , Karl H. Hofmann