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Commutativity preserving extensions of groups

Group Theory 2015-10-07 v1

Abstract

In parallel to the classical theory of central extensions of groups, we develop a version for extensions that preserve commutativity. It is shown that the Bogomolov multiplier is a universal object parametrising such extensions of a given group. Maximal and minimal extensions are inspected, and a connection with commuting probability is explored. Such considerations produce bounds for the exponent and rank of the Bogomolov multiplier.

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@article{arxiv.1510.01536,
  title  = {Commutativity preserving extensions of groups},
  author = {Urban Jezernik and Primoz Moravec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01536},
  year   = {2015}
}
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