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Algebraic K-groups and braids
This is (I think) a reference request:
Are there calculations of any algebraic K-groups for the (group ring of) the Artin braid groups?
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Normal subgroups of binary polyhedral groups (reference request)
The binary polyhedral groups are finite subgroups of the quaternions corresponding (via McKay's ADE classification) to the $E$ series of affine Dynkin diagrams. They are also the lifts to $\mathrm{...
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What is a "cusp" ("кусок") in relation to Guba's embedding theorem?
I'm confused by the definition of a "cusp" as found in
V.S. Guba, Conditions for the embeddability of semigroups into groups, Math. Notes 56 (1994), Nos. 1-2, 763-769 (link).
In the words of Mark ...
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Conjugacy in right-angled Artin groups
I am looking for a reference containing the following result:
Let $a$ and $b$ be two elements of a right-angled Artin group $A$. Assume that $a$ and $b$ have minimal length (with respect to the ...
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Estimates for simple random walks in groups of intermediate growth
I'm looking for references for the rate of escape and return probability for a group of intermediate growth.
Let $0<\alpha < 1$. If the volume growth is $\succeq \mathrm{exp}(n^\alpha)$, then (...
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Character theory of $2$-Frobenius groups.
This is a crosspost of my (slightly longer) question on MSE since I'm not getting any responses there.
Definition. Let $G$ be a finite group and $F_1=\text{Fit}\,G$ and $F_2/F=\text{Fit}\left(G/...
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Characterization of Vilenkin group
It is shown in [1, Section 1] by C.W. Onneweer that every infinite compact, metrizable, zero-dimensional commutative group is a Vilenkin group. My question is does this implication also hold if we ...
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Alternating bihomomorphism is a skew 2-cocycle
It seems to be a well-known fact that every alternating bihomomorphism $G\times G\to\mathbb{C}^\times$ for a finite abelian group $G$ is the skew of some 2-cocycle (see for instance Symmetric analogue ...
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Complex reflection groups: reference request
Suppose that $V$ is a finite-dimensional complex vector space, that $m\ge 2$ is an integer and that $G\subset \operatorname{GL}(V)$ is a finite subgroup such that $V$ is an irreducible ${\mathbb{C}}[G]...
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Duality for finite quotient groups of finitely generated free abelian groups
$\newcommand{\Z}{{\Bbb Z}}
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\newcommand{\Hom}{{\rm Hom}}
$ The following lemma is certainly known.
Lemma (well-known).
Let $B$ be a lattice (that is, a finitely generated ...
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Automorphism-conjugacy
If $G$ is a group, we can say $g$ is automorphism-conjugate to $f$ if there is a group automorphism $\alpha : G \to G$ such that $g = \alpha(f)$. This is an equivalence relation.
Is there a standard ...
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Finite subgroup of $\mathrm{SO}(4)$ which acts freely on $\mathbb{S}^3$
Let $\Gamma$ be a finite subgroup of $\mathrm{SO}(4)$ acting freely on $\mathbb{S}^3$. It is known that all such $\Gamma$ can be classified.
Is there any characterization of $\Gamma$ such that $\Gamma$...
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Ping pong with parabolic isometries on Gromov hyperbolic spaces
For a group $G$ with a non-elementary general type action by isometries on a Gromov hyperbolic geodesic space $(X,d)$, it is well known that you can construct free subgroups of $G$ via the ping pong ...
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Lattices of $\mathbb{R}^s \ltimes_\varphi \mathbb{R}^k$
Edit: Thoughts updated (22/3/2021).
I've come across with the following problem.
Let $G=\mathbb{R}^s \ltimes_\varphi \mathbb{R}^k$ where $\varphi:\mathbb{R}^s\to \mathrm{Aut}(\mathbb{R}^k)=\mathsf{GL}(...
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Bound of word width in compact $p$-adic analytic group
A theorem proved by A. Jaikin-Zapirain in On the verbal width of finitely generated pro-$p$ groups says that:
If $G$ is a compact $p$-adic analytic group, then every word $w$ of a free group $F$ has ...
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Abelian-by-cyclic subgroups of exponential growth solvable groups
I am currently looking for a reference to a proof (or counterexample) to the following statement:
Statement: Assume $G$ is a finitely generated solvable group of exponential growth, then there is a ...
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Steinberg relations for elementary subgroup of a Chevalley group over an arbitrary ring
Given a semisimple Lie algebra $\frak{g}$ of type $\Phi$ with a Lie algebra representation $\rho:\frak{g}\to \frak{gl}(v)$ and an arbitrary commutative ring one can associate the following gadgets:
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Algebraic varieties associated to finite groups
Have the following equations been studied in the literature?
Let $G$ be a finite group.
Then I am looking for functions $f : G \rightarrow \mathbb{C}~ \backslash \left\lbrace 0 \right\rbrace $ such ...
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Liftings and splittings (reference request)
I'm writing a paper and, at a certain point, I need the following, rather elementary
Lemma. Assume that we have a commutative diagram of short exact sequences of groups of the form
Then the ...
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What are the zonal spherical functions for a finite unitary group acting on a unit sphere?
Given a prime power $q$ and a dimension $d$, consider the Hermitian form $(\cdot,\cdot) \colon \mathbb{F}_{q^2}^d \times \mathbb{F}_{q^2}^d \to \mathbb{F}_{q^2}$ given by
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(x,y) = \sum_{i\in [d]} ...
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Groups inducing edge-colorings on graphs. Is this concept known?
Are the following concepts known in graph/group theory, and if Yes, what are they called and where to read about them? Because I do not know better, I gave them placeholder names for now.
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Is there a name for this kind of structure? (Not quite a lattice-ordered group)
I'm looking at a certain class of groups $G$ that come with a partial order $\le$ on the elements. So far it looks like $(G,\le)$ has the following properties:
The partial order is invariant under ...
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Hyperbolic subgroups of general linear groups
Is there a classification of hyperbolic subgroups of $GL_n(A)$ for $A$ some ring of characteristic $p$? $A$ for me is a finitely presented algebra over a finite field.
More precisely I'm looking for ...
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Conjugacy class representatives for the automorphism group of a finite abelian group
Given a finite abelian group $A$, I'd like a list of conjugacy class representatives for its automorphism group ${\rm Aut}(A)$.
In fact, it's not important that I have exactly one representative from ...
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A Krull-Schmidt theorem for partially ordered groups
If $G$ is a po-group (ie. partially ordered group), we say that $G$ is po-indecomposable if it's not the direct product of two non trivial subgroups (such subgroups are necessary convex and normal).
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Gaussian actions with no Bernoulli part
In an unrelated research project I came upon an example of a mixing unitary representation $\pi: \mathbb{F}_{\infty}\to B(\mathsf{H})$ of the free group on infinitely many generators, such that no ...
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Improvements of the Reidemeister-Schreier index formula for particular classes of groups
I have a couple of questions regarding possible improvements of the Reidemeister-Schreier index formula: let $G$ be a $d$-generated group and let $H$ be a subgroup of $G$, then
$$d(H) \le (d-1) \...
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On a problem of Berkovich
What is the real history of the following problem proposed by Berkovich [Y. Berkovich, Z.Janko, Groups of prime power order. Volume 2, Expositions in Mathematics, 56, Walter de Gruyter, New York, 2011]...
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Is there a notion of "tame" representations of $GL_n(Z)$?
This is a followup to this question about the (left) noetherianity of the group ring of $GL_n(\mathbf{Z})$:
Does GL_n(Z) have a noetherian group ring?
Given that $\mathbf{Z}[GL_n(\mathbf{Z})]$ is ...
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Finite subgroups of the unimodular group
This is related to this MO question (and others as well).
Hoping that this will not turn out to be too broad, I would like to know about the 'state of the art' of:
1) The problem of classifying ...
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Factorization of equivariant maps
Let $X$ be a finite set, $G$ a finite group and $M$ another Abelian
(multiplicative) group. Let us have a transitive (left) action $G
\times X \to X$ and an action $G \times M \to M$ by automorphisms.
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A polynomial homomorphism from Gl to the group of units is a power of the determinant
I was browsing MO and stumbled upon this post, and I got very curious. I searched for about half an hour and could not find a proof for the statement that any polynomial group homomorphism $\mathrm{Gl}...
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A structure of the group of automorphisms of an infinite binary tree
My friend asked me to ask his question here. Where he can find (a paper or a book) containing a complete description (with the proof) of a structure of the group of automorphisms of an infinite binary ...
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Lucido's three prime lemma
Let G be a finite solvable group. If p,q,r are distinct primes dividing |G|, then G contains an element of order the product of two of these three primes.
This is lucido's three prime lemma. I ...
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A table for irreducible integral representation of finite cyclic groups
Is there such a table where the irreducible integral representations of finite cyclic groups
are listed?
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Thanks for Todd Leason's comment.Acutally,i want to know all inequivalent ...
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Classification of finite simple groups with abelian Sylow 2-subgroups
In this MathSE question,
classification of finite simple groups with Abelian Sylow 2-subgroups,
credit is rightly given to John Walter. But in the introduction to his paper, Walter explicitly states ...
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Is there any simple formula for the character of $S_{n}$ represented by the set of $k$-tuples of $\{1,2,...,n\}$?
I'm interested in the representation theory of symmetric groups.
I'm now trying to search for the formula for the characters of $\Omega^{k}$, the set of $k$-tuple of elements of $\Omega$ a set of $n$ ...
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Cohomology of elementary abelian $p$-groups, i.e. $H(G,{\mathbb F}_p)$ with $G\cong{\mathbb F}_p^r$
I have two questions.
$\bf 1.$ First, a reference request. Let $G\cong{\mathbb F}_p^r$ for some integer $r\geq 0$ and let $V=G^*={\rm Hom}(G,{\mathbb F}_p)$. Then $(H(G,{\mathbb F}_p),+,\cup )$ is a ...
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Good, detailed references for "mod p lower central series"
I am looking for good, detailed references for "mod $p$ lower central series".
So far I only find papers such as (https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/81193793.pdf, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/...
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Fixed points of the automorphisms of sporadic groups
Sporadic groups have very few outer automorphisms (in fact, $|\mathrm{Out}(G)|\leqslant2$), so it is very natural to ask what are the fixed points subgroups. For a group of Lie type (and a suitable ...
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Amenability of Thompson's group looking at a 4-manifold having it as the fundamental group
Just for curiosity I have done a quick web-search and I have seen that some people are studying manifolds with amenable fundamental group. On the other hand, any finitely presented group and then, in ...
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Passing to normal forms in graphs of groups
Given a word $w \in X^{\pm 1}$ representing an element of the free group $F(X)$ there is a (usually non-unique) sequence $w=w_0 \to w_1 \to \cdots \to w_r$ with $|w_i|>|w_{i+1}|$ where $w_r$ is the ...
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Searching for theorems characterizing when $O_p(G)$ is trivial / non-trivial
Let $G$ be a finite group. Let $p$ be a prime.
Let $O_p(G)$ be the $p$-core of $G$.
Are there any theorems known saying something like
$O_p(G)$ is trivial, if and only if ... and
$O_p(G)$ is non-...
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For $G$ an adjoint Chevalley group, are all of $G(\mathbb Z)$'s finite-index subgroups congruence subgroups?
Let $G$ be an adjoint Chevalley group. Are all of $G(\mathbb Z)$'s finite-index subgroups congruence subgroups?
I read a theorem that states: When $G$ is the universal Chevalley group and it's not of ...
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Special linear groups over function fields
Let $p$ be a prime number, and let $q$ be a finite power of $p$. Denote by $F_q$ the unique field with $q$ elements.
What is known about the structure and properties of $\mathrm{SL}_2(F_q[t])$ as ...
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Unique factorization of finite groups under direct sum?
I am told that finite groups have unique factorization under direct product. That is, call a nontrivial group "indivisible" if it is not isomorphic to a direct product of nontrivial groups. Then ...
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Identifying group extension from cohomology class of $D_8$
I have the following problem. It is well known that $H^\ast(D_8,\mathbb{Z}/2)\cong \mathbb{F}_2[x,y,w]/(xy=0)$ with $|x|=|y|=1$ and $|w|=2$ (see Adem,Milgram "Cohomology of finite groups"). ...
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Injection from Artin monoids to Coxeter groups
Let $\sigma$ be a permutation. If two positive braids represent $\sigma$ and are of minimal length among the braids representing $\sigma$, then they are equal. From what I could gather, this result is ...
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Character kernels in the lattice of subgroups of a finite abelian group
I am looking for any efforts that have been made to characterize the character kernels (equivalently, the subgroups yielding cyclic quotients) inside the lattice of subgroups of a finite abelian group....
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Frobenius Groups of Automorphisms
Recently, I am looking different papers on the topic
$$\mbox{Frobenius groups of automorphisms of a group.}$$
But I am familiar with Frobenius groups only; not with their (faithful) actions on groups. ...
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