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On finite-by-nilpotent groups

Group Theory 2019-07-08 v1

Abstract

Let γn=[x1,,xn]\gamma_n=[x_1,\dots,x_n] be the nnth lower central word. Denote by XnX_n the set of γn\gamma_n-values in a group GG and suppose that there is a number mm such that gXnm|g^{X_n}|\leq m for each gGg\in G. We prove that γn+1(G)\gamma_{n+1}(G) has finite (m,n)(m,n)-bounded order. This generalizes the much celebrated theorem of B. H. Neumann that says that the commutator subgroup of a BFC-group is finite.

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@article{arxiv.1907.02798,
  title  = {On finite-by-nilpotent groups},
  author = {Eloisa Detomi and Guram Donadze and Marta Morigi and Pavel Shumyatsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.02798},
  year   = {2019}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1803.04202

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