Injectors of finite solvable groups

It is well known that in a free group the simple commutator [Y, X](alternatively called the first Engel word) can be expressed as a product of squares. Likewise the second Engel word [Y, X, X] can be expressed as a product of cubes. Results on groups of exponent four imply that the fifth Engel word [Y, X, X, X, X, X] can be expressed as a product of fourth powers, and explicit expressions have now been obtained with the assistance of a computer. The results and the computeraided technique are described.     

On the enumeration of finite Abelian and solvable groups

Let a(n) be the number of nonisomorphic abelian groups of order n. We obtain a short interval result for the local density of a(n). More generally, we get short interval version of results of Ivi? on the local density of prime independent multiplicative functions. Also we prove a short interval version of the theorem of Erdös and Szekeres on the summatory function of a(n) and the theorem of Greenberg and Newman on the enumeration of a certain type of finite solvable groups.     

On tails of stationary measures on a class of solvable groups

Let G be a subgroup of GL(R,d) and let (Qn,Mn) be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables with values in Rd?G and law μ. Under some natural conditions there exists a unique stationary measure ν on Rd of the process Xn=MnXn−1+Qn. Its tail properties, i.e. behavior of as t tends to infinity, were described some over thirty years ago by H. Kesten, whose results were recently improved by B. de Saporta, Y. Guivarc'h and E. Le Page. In the present paper we study the tail of ν in the situation when the group G₀ is Abelian and Rd is replaced by a more general nilpotent Lie group N. Thus the tail behavior of ν is described for a class of solvable groups of type NA, i.e. being semi-direct extension of a simply connected nilpotent Lie group N by an Abelian group isomorphic to Rd. Then, due to A. Raugi, (N,ν) can be interpreted as the Poisson boundary of (NA,μ).     

Monomial characters of finite solvable groups

Archiv der Mathematik - We give new evidence to the fact that the structure of a solvable group can be controlled by irreducible monomial characters. In particular, we inspect the role of monomial...     

On the existence of solvable normal subgroups in finite groups

The structure of a finite group in dependence on the structure of the subgroups generated by elements of its conjugate class is considered. Translated fromMatematischeskie Zametki, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 755–758, May, 1997. Translated by A. I. Shtern     

On intersections of solvable Hall subgroups in finite nonsolvable groups

The author continues the investigation of intersections of Hall subgroups in finite groups. Previously, the author proved that in the case when a Hall subgroup is Sylow there are three subgroups conjugate to it such that their intersection coincides with the maximal normal primary subgroup. A similar assertion holds for Hall subgroups in solvable groups. The aim of this paper is to construct examples of a (nonsolvable) group in which the intersection of any four subgroups conjugate to some Hall subgroup is nontrivial.     

Minimal solvable algebraic groups with a finite center

Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 120–124, August, 1991.     

Minimal sumsets in finite solvable groups

Given a group G and positive integers r,s≤|G|, we denote by μ_G(r,s) the least possible size of a product set AB={ab∣a∈A,b∈B}, where A,B run over all subsets of G of size r,s, respectively. While the function μ_G is completely known when G is abelian [S. Eliahou, M. Kervaire, Minimal sumsets in infinite abelian groups, Journal of Algebra 287 (2005) 449-457], it is largely unknown for G non-abelian, in part because efficient tools for proving lower bounds on μ_G are still lacking in that case. Our main result here is a lower bound on μ_G for finite solvable groups, obtained by building it up from the abelian case with suitable combinatorial arguments. The result may be summarized as follows: if G is finite solvable of order m, then μ_G(r,s)≥μ_G^′(r,s), where G^′ is any abelian group of the same order m. Equivalently, with our knowledge of μ_G^′, our formula reads .One nice application is the full determination of the function μ_G for the dihedral group G=D_n and all n≥1. Up to now, only the case where n is a prime power was known. We prove that, for all n≥1, the group D_n has the same μ-function as an abelian group of order |D_n|=2n.     

On solvable groups,all proper factor groups of which have finite ranks

This paper deals with finitely generated finitely approximable solvable groups of infinite special rank, all proper normal subgroups of which determine the factor groups of finite special ranks.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 45, No. 9, pp. 1274–1281, September, 1993.