in which GiCG and Gi+1/Gi ⊂ Z(G/Gi) for all i. We call G solvable if it admits a normal series (1.1) in which Gi+1/Gi is abelian for all i. Every nilpotent group is solvable. Nilpotent groups include finite p-groups, and some theorems about p-groups extend to nilpotent groups (e.g., any nontrivial normal subgroup of a nilpotent group has a nontrivial intersection with the center). There is a la...

A classification of partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms on 3-dimensional manifolds with (virtually) solvable fundamental group is obtained. If such a diffeomorphism does not admit a periodic attracting or repelling two-dimensional torus, it is dynamically coherent and leaf conjugate to a known algebraic example. This classification includes manifolds which support Anosov flows, and it confirms...

This paper aims at studying solvable-by-finite and locally solvable maximal subgroups of an almost subnormal subgroup the general skew linear group $\GL_n(D)$ over a division ring $D$. It turns out that in case where $D$ is non-commutative, if such exist, then either it abelian or $[D:F]<\infty$. Also, $F$ infinite field $n\geq 5$, every normal $\GL_n(F)$ abelian.

We present a method for computing the number of epimorphisms from a finitely presented group G to a finite solvable group Γ, which generalizes a formula of Gaschütz. Key to this approach are the degree 1 and 2 cohomology groups of G, with certain twisted coefficients. As an application, we count low-index subgroups of G. We also investigate the finite solvable quotients of the Baumslag-Solitar ...

Applications of hypergroups have mainly appeared in special subclasses. One of the important subclasses is the class of polygroups. In this paper, we study the notions of nilpotent and solvable polygroups by using the notion of heart of polygroups. In particular, we give a necessary and sufficient condition between nilpotent (solvable) polygroups and fundamental groups.

Freiman’s theorem asserts, roughly speaking, if that a finite set in a torsion-free abelian group has small doubling, then it can be efficiently contained in (or controlled by) a generalised arithmetic progression. This was generalised by Green and Ruzsa to arbitrary abelian groups, where the controlling object is now a coset progression. We extend these results further to solvable groups of bo...

In this note we want to study compact homogeneous spaces G/Γ, where G is a connected and simply-connected Lie group and Γ a discrete subgroup in G. It is well known that the existence of such a Γ implies the unimodularity of the Lie group G. Recall that a Lie group G is called unimodular if for all X ∈ g holds tr adX = 0, where g denotes the Lie algebra of G. If we further demand G/Γ to be symp...

The study of associativity of the commutator operation in groups goes back to the work of F. W. Levi in 1942. In the 1960’s Richard J. Thompson created a group F whose elements are representatives of the generalized associative law for an arbitrary binary operation. In 2006, Geoghegan and Guzmán proved that a group G is solvable if and only if the commutator operation in G eventually satisfies ...

4 Introduction to Galois Theory 2 4.1 Polynomial Rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4.2 Gauss’s Lemma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4.3 Eisenstein’s Irreducibility Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.4 Field Extensions and the Tower Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.5 Algebraic Field Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4....