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On Torsion-Free Groups of Finite Rank

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

David Meier
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Akbar Rhemtulla
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
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This paper deals with two conditions which, when stated, appear similar, but when applied to finitely generated solvable groups have very different effect. We first establish the notation before stating these conditions and their implications. If H is a subgroup of a group G, let denote the set

We say G has the isolator property if is a subgroup for all HG. Groups possessing the isolator property were discussed in [2]. If we define the relation ∼ on the set of subgroups of a given group G by the rule HK if and only if , then ∼ is an equivalence relation and every equivalence class has a maximal element which may not be unique. If , we call H an isolated subgroup of G.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1984

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