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The dynamical approach to the conjugacy in groups

Group Theory 2020-07-03 v2 General Topology

Abstract

Given a discrete group GG, we identify the Stone-Cˇ\check Cech compactification βG\beta G with the set of all ultrafilters on GG and put G=βGGG^\ast =\beta G\setminus G. The action GG on GG by the conjugations (g,x)g1xg(g,x)\mapsto g^{-1}xg induces the action of GG on GG^\ast by (g,p)pg(g, p)\mapsto p^g , pg={g1Pg:Pp}p^g = \{ g^{-1} Pg: P\in p\}. We study interplays between the algebraic properties of GG and the dynamical properties of (G,G)(G, G^\ast). In particular, we show that pGp^G is finite for each pGp\in G^\ast if and only if the commutant of GG is finite.

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@article{arxiv.2007.00110,
  title  = {The dynamical approach to the conjugacy in groups},
  author = {Igor Protasov and Ksenia Protasova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.00110},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

space $G^\ast$ of ultrafilters on a group $G$, the action of $G$ on $G^\ast$ by the conjugations, ultracenter of $G^\ast$

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